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Charlotte  

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Charlotte		8	Wilhelmshaven KW	1883	5.9.1885	1.11.1886	TS 1897, discarded 5.1909

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3288
Displacement full, t	3763
Length, m	83.9 oa 76.9 wl
Breadth, m	14.6
Draught, m	6.04 mean 6.86 deep load
No of shafts	1 (lifting screw)
Machinery	2 HC, 8 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	13
Fuel, t	coal 528
Endurance, nm(kts)	2300(11)
Armament	18 x 1 - 149/22 RK L/22 C/68, 2 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 6 x 1 - 37/37 SK L/40 C/85
Complement	506

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Project history

The Charlotte was in many respects a repeat of the Bismarck class. A fully-rigged ship, she was sheathed in wood. She was later cut down to a barque, and had the coupled engines replaced by a single one.

Modernizations

1890s: - 6 x 1 - 149/22

1899: - 12 x 1 - 149/22, 2 x 1 - 37/37; + 2 x 1 - 105/32 SK L/35 C/91, 14 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89

1905: 2 HC were replaced by 1 HC (1200hp, 6 cylindrical boilers, 11kts, 4000(12)nm), ship can accomodate 495 crewmen, 50 cadets and 230 boys.

Naval service

She had been used as a training ship since 1897, and from 1903 to 1905 was given a rebuild at Kiel. In 1921 she was sold, allegedly as a store ship.