Kaiser-class battleship

Starboard quarter view of SMS Kaiser SMS Kaiser
General Characteristics	Kaiser
Displacement:	24,724 tonnes (designed) 27,000 tons (maximum)
Length:	172.4 m (565.6 ft)
Beam:	29.0 m (95.1 ft)
Draught:	9.1 m (29.9 ft)
Propulsion:	3 shafts 3 steam turbines 55,000 shp
Speed:	21 knots
Range:	7,900 Nautical miles. at 12 knots
Complement:	1,084
Armament:	10 x 30.5 cm guns 14 x 15 cm guns 8 x 8.8 cm guns 5 x 50 cm torpedo tubes
Armour:	Belt 350 mm turrets 300nm Battery 170 mm Conning tower 350 mm

The Kaiser class battleship is a class of five battleships built in Germany prior to World War I and which served in the German Imperial Navy during that war. They were the first German battleships to feature turbine engines and superfiring turrets. The configuration of the ships was basically the same as that of the British Neptune and Colossus class battleships and it is likely that the Germans deliberately decided to copy what was at the time the Royal Navy's newest design. However, the Kaisers were broader in the beam and better laid out than their British counterparts, meaning their guns had wider arcs of fire and could offer a full ten gun broadside without straining the ship. All five ships saw action during World War I and four were present during the Battle of Jutland.

Ships in class

• Kaiser: The nameship of the class, the Kaiser was the first German battleship powered by steam turbine engines, and served through the war, including an appearance at Jutland.
• Friedrich der Große: Second ship of the class, served as the flagship of the High Seas Fleet. Was undamaged at Jutland.
• Kaiserin: Third ship of the class.
• Prinzregent Luitpold: Only equipped with two steam turbines, as the ship was intended to receive a central diesel but never did so.
• König Albert: Final ship of the class.

See also

• List of German Imperial Navy ships
• List of naval ships of Germany
• Lists of ship launches in: 1911, 1912
• Lists of ship commissionings in: 1912, 1913
• List of shipwrecks in 1919