SMS Posen of the Nassau Class German battleships. Being the first Dreadnaughts of the German Imperial navy, some short comings
showed up, the Main Armament turret formation gave only a 8 gun broadside,
and very cramped living conditions for their crew of 963. they has a comparatively short
length but a broad beam which gave a stable platform for
their 11inch guns
SMS Posen was built at Germania Dockyard at Keil and laid
down o the 11th June 1907 launched 12th December 1908 and commissioned
into the German navy on the 31st May 1910. served at the Battle of Jutland
. Stricken on the 5th November 1919 and
surrendered to the British as "G" on the 13th may 1920
and broken up at Dordrecht in 1922.
SHIPS DETAILS.
DISPLACEMENT 18,900 tons to 20,535 tons, DIMENSIONS 478FT(145.6M) X 89FT(26.9M) X 27.5FT(8.8M)
COMPLIMENT 963 TO 1130
SPEED 19 TO 20 KNOTS. RANGE, 9,400 NM AT
10KNOTS, 2,800NM AT 19KNOTS
ARMAMENT TWELVE 11-INCH IN ( 6 X 2 ) SIX
TURRETS TWELVE 5.9 INCH SINGLE GUNS SIXTEEN 3.4 INCH SINGLE
GUNS. SUBMERGED TORPEDO TUBES, SIX 18INC H TORPEDOES
