German battleship SMS König

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The German battleship SMS König was a World War I-era König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in major North Sea engagements before being scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.

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German battleship SMS König canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf König-class battleship
World War I warship
dreadnought battleship
warship
armament 10 × 30.5 cm SK L/50 guns
secondary 15 cm guns
torpedo tubes
armor belt armor up to about 350 mm
beam about 29.5 meters
builder Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven
builtAt Wilhelmshaven
capturedBy Royal Navy
commissionedOn 1914-08-09
conflict World War I
countryOfOrigin German Empire
crewComplement around 1,100 officers and men
decommissionedOn 1919-06-21
displacement approximately 25,000 tonnes standard
enteredServiceIn 1914
era World War I era
fate scuttled at Scapa Flow
flagshipOf High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy)
surface form: III Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet
hullNumber not formally used; known simply as SMS König
internedAt Scapa Flow
laidDownOn 1911-10-03
launchedOn 1913-03-01
length about 175 meters
maximumSpeed about 21 knots
namedAfter William II of Württemberg
surface form: King William II of Württemberg
navalFleet High Seas Fleet
operator Imperial German Navy
participatedIn Battle of Jutland
Battle of the Gulf of Riga
Operation Albion
propulsion coal-fired boilers
steam turbines
roleAtJutland flagship of the 3rd Battle Squadron
scuttledAt Scapa Flow
scuttledOn 1919-06-21
scuttlingOrderedBy Ludwig von Reuter
serviceBranch Imperial German Navy
surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
shipClass König-class battleship
surface form: König class
sisterShip SMS Grosser Kurfürst
SMS Kronprinz
SMS Markgraf
status wreck
sustainedDamage hit multiple times at the Battle of Jutland
theaterOfOperations Baltic Sea
North Sea
wreckLocation bottom of Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands

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Subject: German battleship SMS König
Description of subject: The German battleship SMS König was a World War I-era König-class dreadnought of the Imperial German Navy that served in major North Sea engagements before being scuttled at Scapa Flow in 1919.

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Scapa Flow containsWreck German battleship SMS König