Helgoland ( German SMS Helgoland ) is the second battleship of the German fleet of the Ostfriesland type during the First World War .
| Helgoland battleship | |
|---|---|
| SMS Helgoland (1909) | |
 Battleship Helgoland | |
| Service | |
 German Empire | |
| Class and type of vessel | battleship |
| Manufacturer | Schichau-Werke Kiel |
| Construction started | November 11, 1908 |
| Launched | September 25, 1909 |
| Commissioned | August 23, 1911 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | decommissioned in 1921 |
| Status | withdrawn from service |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 22,440 t normal 25,200 t full |
| Length | 167.2 m maximum |
| Width | 28.5 m |
| Draft | 8.2 m |
| Reservation | belt: 80-300 mm traverses: 90—210 mm decks: 50-80 mm towers GK: 70-300 mm barbettes: 60-300 mm PMK casemates: 170 mm commander’s cabin: 100-300 mm |
| Engines | 15 boilers of Schulz-Tornicroft type; 4- cylinder triple expansion steam engines |
| Power | 28 000 h.p. |
| Mover | 3 screws |
| Speed | 20.8 knots maximum 20.5 knots full 10 knots economic |
| Sailing range | 1790 miles at 19 knots 5500 miles at 10 knots |
| Crew | 1113 people |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 6 × 2 - 305 mm / 50 14 × 1 - 150 mm / 45 14 × 1 - 88 mm / 45 |
| Mine torpedo armament | 6 × 500 mm submarine TA |
Like most High Sea Fleet battleships during World War I , Helgoland led limited combat operations against the British Royal Navy. The ship participated in several raids in the North Sea and was included in the cover group of battle cruisers. The battleship acted in the Baltic Sea against the Russian Navy during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915. On May 31 - June 1, 1916 Helgoland participated in the Battle of Jutland . During the battle, he was located in the center of the German line and did not take such an active part in the battle as Koenig and the Kaiser Class ships. After the end of World War I, Helgoland withdrew to Great Britain; in the early 1920s the ship was dismantled for metal. The coat of arms of the battleship Helgoland is preserved at the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden . References
Content
- 1 Service
- 2 World War I
- 3 See also
- 4 Sources
Service
World War I
At the beginning of World War I, Helgoland was assigned to the High Seas Fleet. On August 9, Helgoland was based on the well-protected island of Wangerooge. Minefields and cordons of cruisers, torpedo boats and submarines defended Wilhelmshaven. The battleship Helgoland was prepared for full deployment. Four days later, on August 13, the Helgoland returned to Wilhelmshaven to refuel. The next day, naval reservists began to arrive to replenish the team of German battleships.
See also
- High Seas Fleet Flooding
Sources
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- Gröner, Erich. German Warships: 1815–1945. - Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1990. - ISBN 978-0-87021-790-6 .
- Halpern, Paul G. A Naval History of World War I. - Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995 .-- ISBN 978-1-55750-352-7 .
- Herwig, Holger. "Luxury" Fleet: The Imperial German Navy 1888–1918. - Amherst, New York : Humanity Books, 1998 .-- ISBN 978-1-57392-286-9 .
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- New York Times Co. The New York Times Current History: Jan. – March, 1919. - N. Y .: The New York Times Company, 1919.
- Osborne, Eric W. The Battle of Heligoland Bight. - Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006 .-- ISBN 978-0-253-34742-8 .
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