SMS Charlotte
Charlotte in 1897 | |
History | |
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German Empire | |
Name: | Charlotte |
Builder: | Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven |
Launched: | 5 September 1885 |
Commissioned: | 1 November 1886 |
Decommissioned: | 26 May 1909 |
In service: | 20 October 1914 |
Out of service: | 4 November 1914 |
Fate: | sold in 1921 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement: | 3,763 t (3,704 long tons) |
Length: | 83.85 m (275 ft 1 in) o/a |
Beam: | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
Draught: | 6.04–6.86 m (19 ft 10 in–22 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion: | 3,119 PS (2,294 kW; 3,076 ihp) |
Sail plan: | 2,360 m2 (25,400 sq ft) full-rigged |
Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
Range: | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
Complement: | 20 officers, 486 enlisted |
Armament: |
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The SMS Charlotte was a German Kreuzerfregatte (Cruiser-Frigate) which was launched on 5 September 1885, slightly prior to the international battleship arms-race which began in the 1890s. The ship participated in the Luders Affair of 1897 and was retired from service in November 1914.
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