this week's armored ship is SMS Goeben an Imperial German Navy Moltke class battlecruiser. 612ft. in length with an 11" main armor belt and armed with a main battery of ten 11" naval rifles Goeben outclassed her opposites in the British Royal Navy. Goeben was powered with 4 Parsons steam turbines for 52,200hp and a top speed of 28.4kts. Goeben was launched in 1911 and after the start of WW1 was transferred into the Ottoman Navy as Sultan Yavuz Selim. during the war Goeben was involved in several scraps with the Royal Navy and the Imperial Russian Navy. she survived in the Ottoman Navy and then in the Navy of the Turkish Republic until 1973 at which time she was scrapped. a sad end for the only remaining vessel of the Imperial German Navy. top picture is SMS Goeben running at flank speed. bottom picture the ship is in port quite likely somewhere in the Mediterranean.
this week's armored ship is SMS Goeben an Imperial German Navy Moltke class battlecruiser. 612ft. in length with an 11" main armor belt and armed with a main battery of ten 11" naval rifles Goeben outclassed her opposites in the British Royal Navy. Goeben was powered with 4 Parsons steam turbines for 52,200hp and a top speed of 28.4kts. Goeben was launched in 1911 and after the start of WW1 was transferred into the Ottoman Navy as Sultan Yavuz Selim. during the war Goeben was involved in several scraps with the Royal Navy and the Imperial Russian Navy. she survived in the Ottoman Navy and then in the Navy of the Turkish Republic until 1973 at which time she was scrapped. a sad end for the only remaining vessel of the Imperial German Navy. top picture is SMS Goeben running at flank speed. bottom picture the ship is in port quite likely somewhere in the Mediterranean.
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