SMS Charlotte
 Charlotte in 1897 | |
| History | |
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Charlotte |
| Builder: | Imperial Shipyard Wilhelmshaven |
| Launched: | 5 September 1885 |
| Commissioned: | 1 November 1886 |
| Decommissioned: | 26 May 1909 |
| In service: | 20 October 1914 |
| Out of service: | 4 November 1914 |
| Fate: | sold in 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,763 t (3,704 long tons) |
| Length: | 83.85 m (275 ft 1 in) o/a |
| Beam: | 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in) |
| Draught: | 6.04–6.86 m (19 ft 10 in–22 ft 6 in) |
| Propulsion: | 3,119 PS (2,294 kW; 3,076 ihp) |
| Sail plan: | 2,360 m2 (25,400 sq ft) full-rigged |
| Speed: | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
| Range: | 2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement: | 20 officers, 486 enlisted |
| Armament: |
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The SMS Charlotte was a German Kreuzerfregatte (Cruiser-Frigate) which was launched on 5 September 1885, slightly prior to the international battleship arms-race which began in the 1890s. The ship participated in the Luders Affair of 1897 and was retired from service in November 1914.
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