Kaiser Karl der Grosse in 1902
History
German Empire
Name	Kaiser Karl der Grosse
Namesake	Charlemagne (Karl der Grosse in German)
Builder	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg
Laid down	17 September 1898
Launched	18 October 1899
Commissioned	4 February 1902
Decommissioned	19 November 1915
Stricken	6 December 1919
Fate	Scrapped in 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Kaiser Friedrich III-class pre-dreadnought battleship
Displacement	Normal: 11,097 t (10,922 long tons) Full load: 11,785 t (11,599 long tons)
Length	125.3 m (411 ft 1 in)
Beam	20.4 m (66 ft 11 in)
Draft	7.89 m (25 ft 11 in)
Installed power	12 × water-tube boilers 13,000 PS (12,820 ihp; 9,560 kW)
Propulsion	3 × triple-expansion steam engines 3 × screw propellers
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)
Range	3,420 nmi (6,330 km; 3,940 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	39 officers 612 enlisted
Armament	4 × 24 cm (9.4 in) 40  cal guns 18 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/40 guns 12 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/30 guns 12 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) machine cannon 6 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes
Armor	Belt: 300 to 150 mm (11.8 to 5.9 in) Deck: 65 mm (2.6 in) Conning Tower: 250 mm (9.8 in) Turrets: 250 mm Casemates: 150 mm

SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse^[a] was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the Kaiser Friedrich III class, built around the turn of the 20th century for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy).