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Elsass of the Braunschweig pre dreadnaught Battleship class. was a
bigger, heavier guns and faster than the Wittelsbach Class
battleships, The Braunschweig class autherised under the Naval
programme of 1900. launched on t26th may 1903 and commissioned
into the German navy on the 29th November 1904, served with the
fleet until 25th July 1916 when the Elsass became a barrack ship
at at Keil. after the war serve din the Reichsmarine between
1924 and 1930. withdrawn from service on the 25th February 1930
and stricken 31st march 1931 and was reduced to a hulk at
Wilhelshaven and finally scrapped in 1936.
Displacement: 14,167 tons,
Speed: 18.5 knots, Compliment: 743. Armament: Four 280mm
Guns, Fourteen 170mm Guns Eighteen 88mm Guns and four
machine guns, also Six 450mm Torpedo Tubes.