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PRINZ HEINRICH armoured cruiser (1902)


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Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Prinz Heinrich   26 Kiel KW 1898 22.3.1900 11.3.1902 depot ship 1916


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

8887

Displacement full, t

9806

Length, m

126.5 oa 124.9 wl

Breadth, m

19.6

Draught, m

7.65 mean 8.07 deep load

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 VTE, 14 Dürr boilers

Power, h. p.

15000

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

coal 1590 + oil 175

Endurance, nm(kts)

4580(10)

Armour, mmbelt: 100 - 80, deck: 40 - 35 with 50mm slopes, main turrets: 150, secondary turrets: 100, casemates: 100, CT: 150
Armament

2 x 1 - 238/37 SK L/40 C/98, 10 x 1 - 149/37 SK L/40 C/97, 10 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 4 x 1 - 7.9/79, 4 - 450 TT (1 bow, 2 beam, 1 stern)

Complement

567



Standard scale images


<i>Prinz Heinrich </i>1902
Prinz Heinrich 1902


Project history

The Prinz Heinrich, specially intended for overseas service, was a more lightly armed but faster version of the Fürst Bismarck. She had thinner armour but it was spread wider to cover the central citadel in which all ten of the 150mm guns were concentrated amidships on two decks. This concentration of the secondary armament was to be a feature of all the German armoured cruisers from here on.

Ship protection

Narrow belt protected all waterline length, was 100mm between main barbettes and 80mm at ship ends and was backed by 100-80mm wood. 40-35mm protective deck was connected with its lower edge by 50mm slopes. Fwd CT had 150m sides and 30mm roof, aft CT had only 12mm plating. Main turrets had 150mm sides and 30mm crowns, 4 15cm guns were placed in the turrets with 100mm sides, others were protected by 100mm casemates with 70mm shields, closed by 100mm bulkheads.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

She was rebuilding in 1914, but there was little place for her in the struggle in the North Sea, so she was disarmed to become a depot ship in 1916.