CX - SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große (1897)

Hilfskreuzer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse


ship type: auxiliary cruiser
ship class:


built by the shipyard: A.G. Vulcan Stettin
keel establishment: 1897
launched: May 4, 1897
taken over as an auxiliary cruiser: August 2, 1914
construction price:


total length: 199.5 meters
width: 20.13 meters
draft: 8.5 meters
standard displacement: 24,300 tons (14,349 GRT)
full discharge:


machine power: 31,000 HP
speed: 22.5 knots



armor:


equipment:
main
6 guns 105 mm
2 cannons 37 mm


crew:


service:


Originally known passenger steamer which was armed at the beginning of the war as an auxiliary cruiser. Its advantage was high speed, the disadvantage was high coal consumption. On August 26, 1916, he sank his own crew in Rio de Oro after being attacked by a British ship while refueling. In total, he sank only two ships ..
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Photos from the deck of the ship (TDB archive via Dolin)
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