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ANKARA - TURKEY - 2000

Specifications of Battlecruiser Yavuz



Battlecruiser Yavuz (SMS Goeben) was one of the famous and powerful warships
of  her  time. She had  ten 11 in. (280 mm)  guns  with a  maximum  firing range of
23.700 meters, a top speed of 28 knots and  a  full (total) displacement  of 25.407
tons. She served for Turkish Navy as flagship, until 1971.

 
Yavuz, during a naval ceremony in Istanbul

 

Technical Specifications

    Laid down: 12.08.1909
   
Launched on: 28.03.1911
   
Commisioned: 02.07.1912
   
Designed and built by: Blohm & Voss AG Hamburg, Germany
   
Major class: Moltke class batlle-cruiser
   
Total crew members: 1057
   
Displacement: 22.979 tons
   
Full displacement: 25.407 tons
   
Maximum speed: 28 knots
   
Dimensions: L:186.5m/B:29.5m/D:9.2m
   
Boilers: 24 X Schuls Tornieroft high pressure Marine Boilers
   
Machinery: 4 X Parsons - Blohm & Voss steam turbines
   
Propellers: 4
   
Max. coal capacity: 2950 tons
   
Total full machine power output: 85.200 HP
   
Armor thickness: 271mm to 82mm (in turrets: 250mm)
   
Armament: listed below
    10 X 280mm main guns in 5 twin turrets
    12 X 150mm secondary guns
    12 X 88mm AA guns
    4 X 500mm torpedo tubes
   
Maximum gunnery range: 23.700 meters with 280's
   
Maximum operation range: 6500 nautical miles/10 knots
   
Career: 1912-1914 Kaiserliche Marine, and 1914-1971 Turkish Navy
   
The end of career: scrapped in 1976

        
Left & Right: Yavuz in drydock at Golcuk shipyard, 1938

 

 

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