SMS Odin
1902 lithograph of Odin firing a salute
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Odin |
| Namesake: | Odin |
| Builder: | Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig |
| Laid down: | 1893 |
| Launched: | 3 November 1894 |
| Commissioned: | 22 September 1896 |
| Fate: | Struck from naval list, 16 December 1919; scrapped, 1935 |
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| Class and type: | Odin-class coastal defense ship |
| Displacement: | 3,754 metric tons (3,695 long tons) |
| Length: | 79 m (259.2 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.20 m (49.9 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.61 m (18.4 ft) |
| Installed power: | 4,800 ihp (3,600 kW) |
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| Speed: | 14.4 knots (26.7 km/h; 16.6 mph) |
| Range: | 2,200 nmi (4,100 km; 2,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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SMS Odin was the lead ship of her class of coastal defense ships (Küstenpanzerschiffe) built for the Imperial German Navy. She had one sister ship, Ägir. Odin, named for the eponymous Norse god, was built by the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig shipyard between 1893 and 1896, and was armed with a main battery of three 24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns. She served in the German fleet throughout the 1890s and was rebuilt in 1901–1903. She served in the VI Battle Squadron after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, but saw no action. Odin was demobilized in 1915 and used as a tender thereafter. After the war, she was rebuilt as a merchant ship and served in this capacity until 1935, when she was broken up for scrap.
Odin was 79 meters (259 ft) long overall and had a beam of 15.20 m (49.9 ft) and a maximum draft of 5.61 m (18.4 ft). She displaced 3,754 long tons (3,814 t) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two vertical 3-cylinder triple expansion engines. Steam for the engines was provided by four coal-fired boilers. The ship's propulsion system provided a top speed of 14.4 knots (26.7 km/h; 16.6 mph). She carried 370 t (360 long tons; 410 short tons) of coal, which gave her a range of approximately 1,490 nautical miles (2,760 km; 1,710 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). Odin had a crew of 20 officers and 256 enlisted men.
The ship was armed with three 24 cm K L/35 guns mounted in three single gun turrets. Two were placed side by side forward, and the third was located aft of the main superstructure. They were supplied with a total of 204 rounds of ammunition. The ship was also equipped with ten 8.8 cm SK L/30 guns in single mounts. Odin also carried three 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, two in swivel mounts on the deck amidships and one in the bow, submerged below the waterline. The ship was protected by an armored belt that was 240 mm (9.4 in) thick amidships, and an armored deck that was 70 mm (2.8 in) thick. The conning tower had 120 mm (4.7 in) thick sides.
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