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Career (German Empire)
Name:	Deutschland
Namesake:	Deutschland
Builder:	Samuda Brothers, Great Britain
Laid down:	1872
Launched:	12 September 1874
Commissioned:	20 July 1875
Fate:	Scrapped Hamburg 1909
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kaiser class armored frigate
Displacement:	As built:7319 tons std, 8940 tons max Refitted: 7645 tons std, 8736 tons max
Length:	293 ft (89 m)
Beam:	62.5 ft (19.1 m)
Draught:	26 ft (7.9 m)
Propulsion:	8 x Penn transverse trunk boilers 1 x Penn 2 cyl. single expansion Coal 880 tons
Speed:	14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)
Range:	2470 nmi at 10 knots
Complement:	As built: 32 + 568 Refitted: 36 + 620
Armament:	As built: 8 x 10.23 in (260 mm) (8 x 1) guns 768 rounds Refitted: 8 x 10.23 in (260 mm) (8 x 1) guns, 636 rounds 1 x 8.2 in (210 mm) gun 7 x 5.9 in (150 mm) guns 6 x 4.1 in (100 mm) guns 9 x 3.46 in (88 mm) guns 5 x 13.7 in (350 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor:	Conning Tower: 1.1 in (28 mm) - 1.9 in (48 mm) Belt: 4.9 in (120 mm) - 10 in (250 mm) Casemates: 7 in (180 mm) - 8 in (200 mm)

The Deutschland was a Kaiser class armoured frigate designed by Sir Edward Reed and built by Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town, London. Fitted with a sailing rig which was removed during refitting at the Imperial Dockyard, Wilhelmshaven, from 1894 to 1897. She became a harbour ship in May 1904. On 22 November, 1904 she was renamed Jupiter. She was struck from the German Imperial Navy list on 21 May 1906, and used as a target ship before being sold in 1908.

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