The Ships of Brawling Battleships Steel: Germany Battleship Friedrich der Grosse

Laid down on January 26, 1910, launched on June 10, 1911 and commissioned on October 15, 1912, Friedrich der Grosse carried a main armament of ten 12 inch main guns mounted two per turret; one centerline forward, two superfiring centerline aft and one wing turret on each side that could fire to both sides and forward and aft. Friedrich der Grosse was a member of the five ship Kaiser battleship class that was powered by coal-fired turbine engines with oil-fired supplementary burners. The ship had the name, in German, of the Prussian king, Frederick the Great (1712–1786), who was a very noted German soldier. The ship was designed from the first with facilities to serve as a flagship. During the war, Friedrich der Grosse was the flagship of the High Seas Fleet from the date she was commissioned until March 1917. At the Battle of Jutland on May 31, 1916, she was undamaged as Admiral Reinhard Scheer (1863–1928), who had been appointed to command in January 1916, led his fleet through the intricate maneuvers during the battle. After the Armistice, she was interned at Scapa Flow from November 24, 1918. In common with the other German ships interned there, Friedrich der Grosse was scuttled by her own crew on June 21, 1919. Salvaged during 1936 and 1937, she was scrapped at Scapa Flow.

See other battleships: Grosser Kurfurst, Iron Duke, Markgraf