List of Battleships of the Burgundian Royal Navy (Principia Moderni IV Map Game)

While the Burgundian Royal Navy (Kinnigleche Marine) had been constructing ships it called “battleships” as early as the 1860s, such as the central battery ironclad SMS Somme or the turreted ironclad SMS Verwoester, this list only follows the steel-hull battleships authorized under and after the 1888 “New Navy Program”, intended to secure the Kinnigleche Marines position as the premier world naval power in the wake of the Commonwealth War.

Pre-dreadnoughts

Austrasien-class

SMS Herzog Philippe de Gutt

Preliminary work on what would become the Austrasien-class began in 1886. At the time, the most powerful units in the Burgundian Navy were the Monarch-class ironclad battleships, with the similarly designed Skagerrak-class, and while they were considered fine designs, rising tensions between the Dominion of Borealia and British Arcadian states - and the resultant tensions between Burgundy and the United Kingdom - underlined the need for an improved warship. The breakout of the Commonwealth War later that year meant the new designs wouldn’t see action.

Nevertheless, the Battle of Sicily, and the subsequent Battle of Wilmington, proved highly influential to the Austrasiens. The poor seakeeping of the Monarchs resulted in the freeboard of the new battleships. This meant that the turrets that had been mounted on warships such as the Verwoester-, Medway-, and Skagerrak-class were impossible, as the top weight would’ve reduced their stability to dangerous levels, and they were instead mounted with open barbettes.

The Austrasien-class carried the same 14” K L/30 C/80 (often shortened to 14”/30 C/80), that was carried on the preceding ironclad battleships. This was due to delays experienced in the designing of the 11” guns that were planned to succeed it. The secondary armament, ten 6”/40 guns, was a marked improvement over the 4” and 4.5” batteries carried on the Monarchs and Skagerraks. Their armored citadel, a compound armor of mixed iron and steel, measured 18” on the sides and 14” on the fore and aft ends. The Austrasiens were powered by a pair of three-cylinder, vertical triple expansion steam engines, each driving one propeller shaft, allowing a top speed of 17 knots.

Austrasien was built at the Royal Shipyards (Kinnigleche Werft) in Hoorn under construction number 18. Namur and Herzog Philippe de Gutt were built at the AG Weyland shipyard in Dunkerque under the construction numbers 207 and 314. Köln was built by Carnegie Eisenwerken in Antwerp under the construction number 82. Kales was also built in Antwerp, though by Blohm & Wolff under the construction number 139. Metz andGraf Roosevelt were built the the Royal shipyard in Ostend under the construction numbers 89 and 284. Loutrengen was built at Frederik Krupp Belgicawerft in Amsterdam under the construction number 114.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Austrasien (SS-1)	4 × 14”/30 C/80	14,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × coal-fired steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 17.5 knots	30 September 1889	26 February 1892	31 May 1893	Retired, sold for scrap, 1909
SMS Namur (SS-2)	4 × 14”/30 C/80	14,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × coal-fired steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 17.5 knots	9 July 1889	7 May 1892	11 September 1893	Retired, sunk as target, 1914
SMS Herzog Philippe de Gutt (SS-3)	4 × 14”/30 C/80	14,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × coal-fired steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 17.5 knots	1 January 1890	27 February 1892	25 April 1893	Retired, sold for scrap, 1912
SMS Köln (SS-4)	4 × 14”/30 C/80	14,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × coal-fired steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 17.5 knots	11 August 1889	30 July 1891	17 October 1893	Retired, sunk as target, 1913
SMS Kales (SS-5)	4 × 14”/30 C/80	14,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × coal-fired steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 17.5 knots	14 June 1890	1 March 1892	5 December 1893	Retired, sold for scrap, 1910
SMS Metz (SS-6)	4 × 14”/30 C/80	14,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × coal-fired steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 17.5 knots	12 February 1890	3 November 1892	22 March 1893	Retired, sold for scrap, 1911
SMS Graf Roosevelt (SS-7)	4 × 14”/30 C/80	14,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × coal-fired steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 17.5 knots	29 May 1891	5 November 1892	14 January 1894	Retired, sold for scrap, 1913
SMS Loutrengen (SS-8)	4 × 14”/30 C/80	14,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × coal-fired steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 17.5 knots	17 August 1890	30 July 1892	1 June 1894	Retired, sold for scrap, 1911

Holland-class

SMS Holland

Designed almost concurrently alongside the Austrasien-class, the Holland-class were initially conceived as short-range brawlers, they were revised as the full capabilities of the 11” K L/40 C/90 rifles became apparent. Able to pierce more armor at longer ranges than the 14”/30 guns on the Austrasiens, it was decided to lengthen the ships to allow a third turret to be mounted amidships, bringing as many heavy guns on enemy ships as possible. Although it was found that during firing the central turret caused not inconsequential blast damage to the nearby superstructure, and the concept was abandoned after the ships were constructed.

The four ships, like the preceding Austrasiens, carried its guns in barbettes. However, the Hollands introduced the concept of enclosing the guns in an armored gun house, a construction that would come to be given the term “turret”, replacing the heavy housings that were originally called such.

Measuring 380 feet long, and with a beam of 64 feet, the four ships displaced on average 11,000 tons. They were armed with six 11” K L/40 C/90 rifles, mounted in three twin gun turrets. Two of these guns were emplaced in an amidship turret, a feature not previously utilized. Due to the necessity of creating an effective area of movement, the Hollands sacrificed some of its secondary armament to accommodate it. As such, it carried only eight 6”/40 guns to the Austrasiens ten. Its armored citadel measured 16" thick, thinning to 10" at the fore and aft ends. Powered by two sets of three-cylinder, vertical triple expansion steam engines, they were capable of a top speed of 17 knots.

Holland was built at the Royal Shipyards (Kinnigleche Werft) in Emden under the construction number 217. Herzog Jean de Furchtlos was built at Krupp Belgicawerft in Amsterdam as construction number 68. Jaymaika was built by Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord in Rotterdam under construction number 121. Ostfriesland was built by Carnegie Eisenwerken in Antwerp under construction number 99.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Holland (SS-9)	6 × 11”/40 C/90	11,000 tons	2 screws, triple expansion engines 17 knots	4 May 1890	21 September 1891	19 November 1893	Retired, sold for scrap, 1913
SMS Herzog Jean de Furchtlos (SS-10)	6 × 11”/40 C/90	11,000 tons	2 screws, triple expansion engines 17 knots	16 September 1890	30 June 1891	29 April 1894	Retired, sunk as target, 1914
SMS Jaymaika (SS-11)	6 × 11”/40 C/90	11,000 tons	2 screws, triple expansion engines 17 knots	11 May 1890	14 December 1891	14 October 1894	Retired, sold for scrap, 1913
SMS Ostfriesland (SS-12)	6 × 11”/40 C/90	11,000 tons	2 screws, triple expansion engines 17 knots	18 May 1890	6 August 1892	31 October 1893	Retired, sold for scrap, 1912

Vaud-class

SMS Kinnig Robert de Friddenstifter

In 1891, it was decided amongst the Burgundian Admiralty to expand the battleship fleet with ships based on the Austrasien type (the three-turret Holland type was rejected due to blast damage dealt to the superstructure by the midship turret). Returning to the two-gun, two-turret arrangement, initially only three were ordered, however, the escalation of the naval arms race happening at the time caused an additional six to be authorized.

421 feet long and 75 feet wide, the ships displaced on average about 16,000 tons, they were among the largest ships constructed during the the 19th century. They carried the same 11”/40 C/90 guns mounted on the Holland, also within armored gun houses. Its secondary battery consisted of 12 6”/40 rifle, six per broadside, to ward off enemy light units. As they were the first Burgundian battleships to be built with Harvey armor, they were able to carry a thinner armor belt (9” compared to the previous average of 16”) while not having to sacrifice any level of protection. Powered by a pair of three-cylinder, vertical triple expansion steam engines, the Vauds were capable of 16 knots.

Most of the Vaud-class had their armament mounted in pear-shaped barbettes, with type-BII ammunition hoists. These allowed for all-around loading of the guns from the supply of ammunition within the turret, but they had to return to the centerline to load from the internal magazines. SMS Vaud and SMS Kleff, the last two ships to be laid down, held circular barbettes and type-BIII hoists, which rotated with the turret, allowing all-round loading of the guns even from the internal magazines.

Vaud, Tréier and Rethel were built at the Royal Shipyards in Hoorn under the construction numbers 57, 101 and 143. Kinnig Wëllem de Gestreng was built at the Royal Shipyards in Ostend under the construction number 292. Kleff, Gülich, and Kamerijk were built at the Royal Shipyards in Emden under the construction numbers 77, 14, and 238. Kinnig Robert de Friddenstifter was built by AG Weyland in Dunkerque under construction number 81. Keesar Otto de Klug was built at Blohm & Wolff in Antwerp under construction number 307.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Vaud (SS-13)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	25 March 1895	2 September 1896	4 January 1898	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Kinnig Wëllem de Gestreng (SS-14)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	1 May 1894	26 April 1896	4 April 1898	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Kleff (SS-15)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	11 March 1895	17 September 1896	29 April 1898	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Kinnig Robert de Friddenstifter (SS-16)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	24 April 1894	18 November 1895	20 May 1897	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Gülich (SS-17)	4 x 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	18 December 1893	19 December 1894	12 December 1895	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Tréier (SS-18)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	2 February 1894	31 January 1895	8 December 1897	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Keesar Otto de Klug (SS-19)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	2 June 1894	30 March 1896	8 June 1897	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Rethel (SS-20)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	10 September 1894	22 August 1895	13 November 1896	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Kamerijk (SS-21)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	16,000 tons	2 × shafts oil and coal, triple expansion steam engines 8 × fire-tube boilers 16 knots	28 May 1894	19 October 1895	15 November 1896	Retired 1919, sold for scrap

Kinnig Eduard de Jonk-class

SMS Keesarin Elisabeth de Eisen

Design work on what would become the Kinnig Eduard de Jonk-class began in 1894, when designs for new battleships for France, Prussia and Great Britain became known. With nine Vaud-class battleships then under construction, it was decided a new class would be needed to augment the ships already being built. The final design, an incremental improvement over the Vaud-class, was submitted to the States-General Naval Committee in late 1894, and would be subsequently approved. The States-General would authorize the construction of five warships in November of that year.

The ships were 421 feet long and had a beam of 74 feet. At full load, the ships had a draft of 30 feet, and displaced 14,300 tons. Like the preceding Holland and Vaud-classes, they mounted the 11” K L/40 C/90 rifles, these in two twin-gun enclosed turrets. Their secondary armament consisted of 12 6”/40 guns, six per side. Their armor was thinner than the preceding Vauds, measuring 6” at its thickest compared to the Vauds 9” belt. However, this was possible due to the ship's adoption of Carnegie armor (OTL Krupp armor), which had 30 percent greater protective value for a given weight compared to Harvey armor. This allowed the ships to provide a thick armored belt running the entire length of the ship from bow to stern, and still come in at a lighter displacement then their predecessors. The Kinnig Eduard de Jonks were powered by a pair of three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines. They were the first Burgundian battleships to carry water-tube boilers, which generated more power for less weight than the fire-tube boilers used on preceding ships. The five ships were capable of 18 knots.

The battleships typically carried a crew of 682 officers and crew, the exception being SMS Keesarin Elisabeth de Eisen, which carried 752 officers and crew to facilitate its designed role as a flagship.

Kinnig Eduard de Jonk, Keesarin Elisabeth de Eisen, and Keesar Barbarossa we’re constructed at the Royal shipyards in Hoorn, Emden, and Ostend, under the construction numbers 60, 105, and 59, respectively. Kinnig Jean de Mëll was built by AG Weyland in Dunkerque under the construction number 74. Kinnig Rogier de Daper was built by Blohm & Wolff in Antwerp under construction number 204.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Kinnig Eduard de Jonk (SS-22)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	14,300 tons	2 × shafts 2 × vertical triple expansion steam engines, water-tube boilers 18 knots	4 January 1895	12 October 1896	5 December 1898	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Kinnig Jean de Mëll (SS-23)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	14,300 tons	2 × shafts 2 × vertical triple expansion steam engines, water-tube boilers 18 knots	4 January 1895	23 March 1896	27 March 1897	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Kinnig Rogier de Daper (SS-24)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	14,300 tons	2 × shafts 2 × vertical triple expansion steam engines, water-tube boilers 18 knots	3 December 1896	21 June 1898	25 June 1899	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Keesarin Elisabeth de Eisen (SS-25)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	14,300 tons	2 × shafts 2 × vertical triple expansion steam engines, water-tube boilers 18 knots	15 February 1895	12 February 1897	20 November 1897	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Keesar Barbarossa (SS-26)	4 × 11”/40 C/90	14,300 tons	2 × shafts 2 × vertical triple expansion steam engines, water-tube boilers 18 knots	1 December 1896	11 March 1897	1 November 1898	Retired 1919, sold for scrap

Brandenburg-class

SMS Karolingien

Similar in appearance to the Vaud- and Kinnig Eduard de Jonk-classes that preceded them, the Brandenburgs were ordered as “improved Vauds” but in fact were an enlarged Kinnig Eduard de Jonk design. While the Kinnig Eduards took advantage of the newly developed Carnegie armor (Krupp armor) to remain the same size as the Vauds while devoting a higher percentage of weight to its machinery without sacrificing protection, the Brandenburgs used it to improve protection without reducing the size of the ship. As such, the Brandenburgs enjoyed greater protection than the Vauds while also having the same higher speed as the Kinnig Eduards.

The five ships were 431 feet long and had a beam of 75 feet, at deep load they displaced 15,800 tons. The Brandenburgs’ armor scheme was similar to the Kinnig Eduard de Jonks, an armored belt ran the length of the ship measuring nine inches thick over critical components like the machinery and magazines, tapering to 1.5-2 inches over the bow and stern. The warships were the first Burgundian battleships to mount the 11” K L/45 C/97 rifles - though the Fuji-class battleships built in Burgundian shipyards for Japan were the first ships to carry them. The longer barrel allowed time for more propellant to ingnite, allowing higher muzzle velocities, and thus longer ranges, than the older 11” K L/40 C/90. Th secondary armament consisted of 12 6”/40 rifles, consistent with preceding battleships. Like the Kinnig Eduards, the ships generated steam via 20 water-tube boilers, powering a two three-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines, allowing a designed speed of 18 knots, although it was found the Brandenburgs could average 18.2 knots.

Brandenburg and Karolingien were built by the Royal Shipyard in Hoorn under the construction numbers 117 and 123, respectively. Hohenstaufen and Ivrea were built in the Royal Shipyard in Emden under the construction numbers 156 and 203, respectively. Gerulfing was built at the Royal Shipyard in Den Helder under construction number 7.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Brandenburg (SS-27)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 20 × water-tube boilers	21 March 1898	17 November 1898	10 October 1901	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Hohenstaufen (SS-28)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, water-tube boilers	11 April 1898	15 December 1898	4 February 1901	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Gerulfing (SS-29)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, water-tube boilers	13 July 1898	11 March 1899	10 September 1901	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Karolingien (SS-30)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, water-tube boilers	8 December 1898	21 September 1899	7 June 1902	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Ivrea (SS-31)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, water-tube boilers	20 March 1899	18 October 1899	11 March 1902	Retired 1919, sold for scrap

Graf Kotte-class

SMS Emir Iskandar

Ordered in response to the large British and French building programs, they were designed as faster versions of the preceding Brandenburg-class. Somewhat smaller, they carried marginally less armor than their predecessors. However, they were no less armed than any other Burgundian battleship at the time. Their designed 19 knots maximum speed made them the fastest battleships in the fleet at the time of their completion.

Named for prominent members of the nobility, both from Burgundy and from its overseas territories, the six ships were informally named “the Counts”.

Measuring 432 feet long and with a beam slightly over 75 feet, the ships displaced 15,000 tons at deep load. The six of them carried the new 11” K L/45 C/97, mounted in two twin-gun turrets, one fore and one aft. Their secondary battery was the standard 12 6”/40 rifles, mounted six per broadside. The Graf Kottes’ armor scheme was similar to that on the Kinnig Eduard de Jonk and Brandenburg-classes, however, it was thinned to 7” to save weight. The armor on the turrets, decks and conning tower was unchanged. They were the first Burgundian battleships powered by four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines which, combined with the ships’ lighter weight, allowed a then-remarkable top speed of 19 knots.

Graf Kotte (named for the governor-general of Ceylon) was built at the Royal Shipyard at Ostend under the construction number 82. Graf Slyke and Emir Iskandar (named for the Emir of Johor) were built by Waal Eisenwerken und Werft in Nijmegen under the construction numbers 14 and 15, respectively. Graf Ramaaker was built by AG Weyland, Dunkerque under th construction number 71. Herzog Waterloo was built by the Royal Shipyard in Den Helder under the construction number 23. Herzog Guise was built by Blohm & Wolff in Antwerp under the construction number 39.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Graf Kotte (SS-32)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 24 × boilers	11 March 1899	19 February 1901	19 February 1903	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Graf Slyke (SS-33)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 24 × boilers	8 January 1900	5 March 1901	12 November 1903	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Emir Iskandar (SS-34)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 24 × boilers	23 November 1899	5 March 1901	28 July 1903	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Graf Ramaaker (SS-35)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 24 × boilers	10 July 1899	21 March 1901	8 October 1903	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Herzog Waterloo (SS-36)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 24 × boilers	19 July 1899	17 July 1901	9 February 1904	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Herzog Guise (SS-37)	4 × 11”/45 C/97	15,000 tons	2 × shafts 24 × boilers	10 August 1899	31 August 1901	2 June 1903	Retired 1919, sold for scrap

Grafleche Bourgogne-class

SMS Lëtzebuerg

In 1901, the 25 battleships of the Vaud-, Kinnig Eduard de Jonk-, Brandenburg-, and Graf Kotte-classes then in service under construction had begun to come under criticism for being undergunned for their displacement. The previous designs were all armed with four 11” guns in two turrets and a secondary battery of 12 6” guns on a hull displacing between 13,000 and 15,000 tons, and questions were beginning to arise over the usefulness of the 6” against the increasingly thick armor of foreign battleships. The Grafleche Bourgogne-class was designed in response. Although descendant from the Vaud design like preceding classes, they were the first to make a significant departure from the Vauds.

Roughly 453 feet long, a beam of 78 feet, and displacing 17,500 tons at deep load, the Grafleche Bourgognes displaced over 1000 tons more than the largest of the older ships. For the first time, an intermediate battery of four 9.4” guns in single turrets were added. These were the newly developed 9.4” SK L/45 C/01 rifles. In addition, the ships were also equipped with the standard 11” K L/45 C/97 guns as their main battery and ten 6”/40 guns as their secondaries (the addition of the 9.4” intermediaries necessitated the removal of two 6” guns). Propulsion was delivered by way of two screws powered by a pair of four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines. Steam was provided by coal-fired boilers, these equipped with oil sprayers for the first time in the Burgundian Navy. This allowed a sustained speed of 18.5 knots.

Grafleche Bourgogne was built at the the Royal Shipyards in Ostend under construction number 84. Gelderland was built in the Royal Shipyards in Hoorn under the construction number 109. Friesland was built by Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord in Rotterdam under construction number 164. Léck was built by Frederik Krupp Belgicawerft in Amsterdam under construction number 213. Lëtzebuerg was built by Carnegie Eisenwerken in Antwerp under the construction number 94.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Grafleche Bourgogne (SS-38)	4 × 11”/45 C/97 4 x 9.4”/45 C/01	17,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 20 × water-tube boilers	8 March 1902	23 July 1903	7 February 1905	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Gelderland (SS-39)	4 × 11”/45 C/97 4 x 9.4”/45 C/01	17,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 20 x water-tube boilers	17 July 1902	13 May 1903	9 May 1905	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Friesland (SS-40)	4 × 11”/45 C/97 4 x 9.4”/45 C/01	17,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 20 x water-tube boilers	23 May 1902	25 August 1903	10 July 1905	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Léck (SS-41)	4 × 11”/45 C/97 4 x 9.4”/45 C/01	17,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 20 xwater-tube boilers	25 October 1902	19 December 1903	7 March 1905	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Lëtzebuerg (SS-42)	4 × 11”/45 C/97 4 x 9.4”/45 C/01	17,500 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 20 xwater-tube boilers	9 February 1903	4 February 1904	11 June 1905	Retired 1919, preserved as museum ship

Elsass-class

SMS Elsass

The Elsass’ were designed and built at a time when the future of the battleship was uncertain. On one hand, observation of the ongoing Sino-Japanese war indicated that the ranges at which battleships fought would be outside the effective ranges of the proposed intermediate batteries; on the other hand, there was a distinct fear that the battle line would be overwhelmed by the faster firing guns in the short range action expected during bad weather or nighttime engagements. As such, the Admiralty decided it prudent to design an improved version of the Grafleche Bourgogne-class. Their fate would be questioned when Grand Admiral Vincent Eikenboom retired in late 1904, and replaced by Jan Fëscher, a fervent supporter of the all-big-gun battleship. Nevertheless, he ordered their construction continued, seeing them as useful for secondary theaters to free up larger vessel for more critical service. However, the accelerated construction of SMS Dreadnought would lead to materials meant for members of the Elsass were diverted to meet Dreadnoughts schedule.

The Elsass’ were 443 feet long and had a beam of 79 feet and six inches, at deep load the four ships displaced 17,800 tons of water. The ships carried the then-standard main armament of four 11” guns in two enclosed barbette turret, one fore and one aft. It was not known at the time, but the Elsass’ would prove to be the last Burgundian capital ships to use this configuration. The guns were the newly designed 11” SK L/45 C/04, which utilized a larger propellant charge than the older 11” K L/45 C97. Advancing from the Grafleche Bourgogne-class, the Elsass’ had a uniform secondary armament of ten 9.4” SK L/50 C/03 in four dual and two single turrets mounted on the upper deck. Their propulsion, like their predecessors, was provided by two screws powered by a pair of four-cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines, allowing a maximum speed of 18 knots. These were also the last Burgundian battleships to used this setup of reciprocating engines.

Elsass was built by AG Weyland in Dunkerque under the construction number 93. Metz was built by Blohm & Wolff in Antwerp under the construction number 138. Verdun and Sundgau were built by Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord in Rotterdam under construction numbers 124 and 151, respectively.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Elsass (SS-43)	4 × 11”/45 C/04 4 x 9.4”/50 C/03	17,800 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 15 × water-tube boilers	26 February 1904	12 January 1905	7 June 1906	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Metz (SS-44)	4 × 11”/45 C/04 10 x 9.4”/50 C/03	17,800 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 15 x water-tube boilers	26 February 1904	13 November 1904	9 May 1906	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Verdun (SS-45)	4 × 11”/45 C/04 10 x 9.4”/50 C/03	17,800 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 15 x water-tube boilers	18 May 1904	4 September 1905	1 December 1907	Retired 1919, sold for scrap
SMS Sundgau (SS-46)	4 × 11”/45 C/04 10 x 9.4”/50 C/03	17,800 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam engines, 15 x water-tube boilers	15 May 1904	23 June 1905	25 June 1907	Retired 1919, sold for scrap

Dreadnoughts

SMS Dreadnought

SMS Dreadnought

The culmination of near a decade of progressing understanding of the capabilities and realities of modern warship design and warfare, SMS Dreadnought was the brain child of Admiral Jan Fëscher, who first proposed the idea of an all-big-gun battleship as early as 1902. While he was granted some concessions in the form of up-gunning the secondary armament of the Grafleche Bourgogne and Elsass classes from 6” to 9.4” guns, he remained adamant in his lobbying for his design. When observations of naval combat in the Third Sino-Japanese war began becoming available, Fëscher pressed his perceived advantage, much to the chagrin of the more cautiously minded Grand Admiral Vincent Eikenboom. As it would happen, a combination of illness and age would force Eikenboom's retirement, and backed by the First Minister of the Navy, Graf Theodoor van Roosevelt, Fëscher would be named Grand Admiral of the Royal Navy in 1904. With himself at the reigns, Fëscher was able to finalize his design for an all big gun battleship, which he named “Dreadnought”, after Admiral Frans Wachts famous flagship.

Measuring 452 feet long and with a beam of 80 feet, Dreadnought displaced 18,000 tons of water when fully loaded. Her main armament consisted of eight 11” SK L/45 C/04 mounted in two pairs of superfiring turrets (the first time a capital ships main armament was mounted in such a way). To save weight, the size of her secondary battery was reduced in caliber from 9.4” and 6” to 3”. In total, she mounted 22 3”/50 guns to deal with smaller warships. Dreadnought was the first major Burgundian warship fitted with equipment for electrically transmitting range, order, and deflection adjustments to the turrets, which, along with the Burgundian Navy using the “ladder system” of fine-tuning range adjustments, allowed for a remarkably fast time for getting shells on target. Power was provided by two screws powered by a pair of steam turbines, allowing for a top speed of 21 knots.

Dreadnought was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Hoorn under the construction number 81.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Dreadnought (SS-47)	8 × 11”/45 C/04	18,000 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	2 August 1905	10 December 1905	3 August 1906	Retired 1920, preserved as museum ship

Herzog Philippe de Fett-class

SMS Graf Bonapaart

Soon after construction of SMS Dreadnought began, the Navy decided to order an addition three to the same design to allow them to form a cohesive Battle Division (which in the Burgundian Navy averaged at four battleships in size) instead of pairing Dreadnought with the slower, weaker, and less armored pre-dreadnought battleships. Not long after the ships were authorized, however, it was decided to modify the ships’ design to allow them to carry the newly developed 12” SK L/45 C/05, with the weight of broadside increasing from 5,600 lbs to 6,800 lbs.

The three ships were 452 feet long and 80 feet wide at the beam. At deep load they displaced 18,800 tons of water. The ships were armed with eight 12” SK L/45 C/04 guns in four dual turrets, arranged in the same fashion as SMS Dreadnought. They carried the same 22 3”/50 secondary battery, although this was coming under heavier scrutiny, which would lead to future battleships carrying heavier secondary armament. The ships carried similar fire-control directors as their half-sister. The Herzog Philippe de Fetts were powered by the same steam turbines as Dreadnought, which also allowed them to reach a top speed of 21 knots.

SMS Herzog Philippe de Fett was built in Kinnigleche Werft, Emden under construction number 94. SMS Kinnig Frederik de Staark was built by Blohm & Wolff, Antwerp under the construction number 111. SMS Graf Bonapaart was built in Kinnigleche, Ostend under the construction number 203.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Herzog Philippe de Fett (SS-48)	8 × 12”/45 C/05	18,800 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	6 February 1906	12 November 1907	9 June 1908	Retired 1920, sold for scrap
SMS Kinnig Frederik de Staark (SS-49)	8 × 12”/45 C/05	18,800 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	1 January 1906	24 August 1907	15 May 1908	Retired 1920, sold for scrap
SMS Graf Bonapaart (SS-50)	8 × 12”/45 C/05	18,800 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	6 January 1906	27 July 1907	20 February 1908	Sunk at Battle of the Three Navies, 1916

Barrois-class

SMS Singapur

The Burgundian Navy designed SMS Dreadnought to come in at a relatively light displacement, in the belief that other countries’ spies would see only an incremental improvement over preceding battleships rather than the game-changer it was. When design work on what would become the Barrois-class began, it was decided to operate under the assumption that Dreadnoughts capabilities would have already become known by the time the Barrois’s were laid down, so the design board decided to remove any self-inflicted weight limits. It was also decided the 3” guns mounted on Dreadnought and the Herzog Philippe de Fett-class were inadequate to ward off enemy destroyers and cruisers, so the secondary battery was increased to 5” guns, which would become the standard for Burgundian capital ships.

The Barrois-class ships measured 518 feet long and 85 feet wide at the beam, at full load the ships displaced 22,400 tons. The ships were armed with ten 12” SK L/50 C/06 rifles mounted in five twin-gun turrets mounted on the centerline. This allowed the entirety of the ships’ guns to be brought to bear on a target to port or starboard. The secondary battery consisted of 14 5”/50 caliber guns, ten mounted in casemates, and tow forward and two aft on the main deck. Propulsion was provided by two screws powered by two sets of steam turbines, allowing a top speed of 21 knots.

Barrois was built by AG Weyland, Dunkerque under the construction number 93. Geneva was built by Carnegie Eisenwerken, Antwerp under the construction number 109. Singapur was built by Kinnigleche Werft, Emden under the construction number 84. Artesië was built by Kinnigleche Werft, Den Helder under the construction number 12.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Barrois (SS-51)	10 × 12”/50 C/06	22,400 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	3 February 1907	8 January 1908	14 July 1910	Scrapped, 1922
SMS Geneva (SS-52)	10 × 12”/50 C/06	22,400 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	26 February 1907	4 November 1908	22 May 1910	Scrapped, 1923
SMS Singapur (SS-53)	10 × 12”/50 C/06	22,400 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	4 May 1907	11 September 1908	1 June 1910	Scrapped, 1922
SMS Artesië (SS-54)	10 × 12”/50 C/06	22,400 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	27 May 1907	18 August 1908	8 June 1910	Scrapped, 1922

Utrecht-class

SMS Bonen

The Utrecht-class was conceived as an improved Barrois-type design. With countries like the United Kingdom rapidly advancing their own dreadnought programs, it was decided that the Navy couldn’t wait for the next series of designs (which would become the Zeeland- and Kap Karel-classes) to be finished, and thus ordered a modified design of the Barrois-class.

Slightly larger than the Barrois’s, the Utrecht-class measured 521 feet long and 88 feet wide at the beam. At full load the ships displaced 23,033 tons of water. They carried the same ten 12” SK L/50 C/06 main battery as the Barrois-class, and in the same configuration. The secondary armament however was increased from 14 guns to 16, all of them a newly developed 5”/51 caliber rifle mounted in casemates. Their armored belt was 11" thick over critical areas, tapering to nine inches at the bow and stern. The ships were powered by four Haussmann Steam Turbines, which in turn drove four screws, allowing a top speed of 21 knots.

Utrecht and Aargau were built by Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord, Rotterdam under the construction numbers 15 and 42, respectively. Herzogleche Bourgogne was built by Frederik Krupp Belgicawerft, Amsterdam under the construction number 84. Bonen was built by Blohm & Wolff, Antwerp under the construction number 100.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Utrecht (SS-55)	10 × 12”/50 C/06	23,033 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	3 August 1908	12 June 1909	17 July 1911	Scrapped, 1923
SMS Herzogleche Bourgogne (SS-56)	10 × 12”/50 C/06	23,033 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	21 October 1908	17 April 1909	19 May 1911	Scrapped, 1924
SMS Aargau (SS-57)	10 × 12”/50 C/06	23,033 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	7 May 1909	15 September 1910	14 June 1911	Scrapped, 1925
SMS Bonen (SS-58)	10 × 12”/50 C/06	23,033 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	13 May 1909	8 February 1910	14 December 1910	Scrapped, 1924

Zeeland-class

SMS Zeeland

The next evolutionary step from the Utrecht-class, the design for the Zeelands came down to one with 22 12” guns, or another with ten 14” guns. At the time they were prosposed, the 14” gun had not been completely designed, possibly causing delays in the ships’ construction, and at was believed at the time the 12” gun was capable at the expected ranges of dreadnought engagements. As such, the 12-gun design was chosen, although six dual turrets were selected over four triple turrets, as there were prevailing concerns over the greater loss in firepower should a turret be destroyed. The Zeelands were the first Burgundian warships to incorporate a torpedo bulkhead, included after concerns were raised over inadequate underwater protection.

The Zeeland-class measured 562 feet long and 93 feet wide at the beam, at full load the ships displaced 27,243 tons. The main armament consisted of 12 12” SK L/50 C/08 rifles in six twin gun turrets. Their secondary armament were 21 5”/51 guns mounted in casemates which were in turn mounted in the forecastle (this was due to lessons learned from the 1905-07 voyage of the Great White Fleet). Their armored belt was 11" thick over the citadel, tapering to five inches near the bow and stern. For propulsion, four steam turbines drove four screws, allowing a top speed of 21 knots.

SMS Zeeland was built by Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord, Rotterdam under the construction number 71. SMS Limburg was built by Blohm & Wolff, Antwerp under the construction number 80.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Zeeland (SS-59)	12 × 12”/50 C/08	27,243 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	8 July 1909	9 April 1911	8 August 1912	Out of service, 1925
SMS Limburg (SS-60)	12 × 12”/50 C/08	27,243 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	30 July 1909	10 May 1911	31 July 1912	Out of service, 1925

Super-dreadnoughts

Kap Karel-class

SMS Kap Karel

Unlike previous dreadnoughts, whose designs were incremental improvements over each other since the construction of SMS Dreadnought, constrained by cost and size limits, the Kap Karels were almost a complete “clean slate” design, driven by the need to accommodate for larger guns and thicker armor. They were ordered in the 1909-1910 Naval Program, which had originally only approved two battleships (which would become the Zeeland-class) but was upped to six ships as a result of public pressure in the European naval arms race.

The Kap Karel-class measured 573 feet long, 95 feet wide at the beam, and displaced 28,367 tons of water at full load. The were the first Burgundian ships to carry the 14” SK L/45 C/09, thus making them the first Burgundian super-dreadnoughts. Their secondary armament consisted of 21 5”/51 guns. Belt armor on the Kap Karels was 12” thick at the maximum, and its deck armor ranged from 1-4”. Propulsion was provided by two steam turbines powering two screws, allowing a top speed of 21 knots.

Kap Karel was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Hoorn under the construction number 113. Kuba was built at Carnegie Eisenwerken, Antwerp under the construction number 299. Nieuw Zeeland was built by AG Weyland, Dunkerque under the construction 127.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Kap Karel (SS-61)	10 × 14”/45 C/09	28,387 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	29 November 1909	20 August 1910	2 January 1912	Retired 1922
SMS Kuba (SS-62)	10 × 14”/45 C/09	23,387 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	1 April 1910	30 March 1911	27 April 1912	Retired 1922
SMS Nieuw Zeeland (SS-63)	10 × 14”/45 C/09	28,387 tons	2 × shafts 2 × steam turbines	5 April 1910	1 May 1911	1 December 1912	Retired 1922

SMS Maryland

SMS Maryland

Originally ordered as the fourth member of the Kap Karel-class, Marylands design was slightly altered before construction began. Whereas her three half-sisters had their twin sets of steam turbines powering two screws, Maryland had four screws.

Aside from displacement, which was somewhat increased to 28,800 tons at full load to account for the larger powerplant, Marylands armament, protection, and speed remained unchanged from the Kap Karel-class

Maryland was built at Waal Eisenwerken und Werft, Nijmegen under the construction number 21.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Maryland (SS-64)	10 x 14”/45 C/09	28,800 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	13 April 1910	1 February 1911	15 June 1912	Retired 1922

Kinnig Karel de Grouss-class

SMS Kinnig Karel de Grouss

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Kinnig Karel de Grouss (SS-65)	10 x 14”/45 C/09	28,750 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	16 January 1911	9 October 1911	17 November 1912	Retired 1922
SMS Herzog Philippe de Gutt (SS-66)	10 × 14”/45 C/09	28,750 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	16 January 1911	18 November 1911	19 May 1913	Retired 1922
SMS Kinnigin Maria de Luisterrijke (SS-67)	10 x 14”/45 C/09	28,750 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	27 February 1911	21 March 1912	14 March 1913	Retired 1922, sold to FSA Navy
SMS Kinnig Lodewijk de Konstant (SS-68)	10 x 14”/45 C/09	28,750 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	23 March 1911	14 September 1912	14 August 1913	Retired 1922, sold to FSA Navy

Standard-type

A series of 13 battleships spread over five classes ordered from 1911-1913, and commissioned from 1914 to 1916. Part of the naval arms race that took place before and during the wars of the 1910s, upon completion they formed the core of the Burgundian battle line

The standard type, by specifying common tactical operational characteristics between classes, allowed battleships of different classes to operate together as a tactical unit (BatDiv) against enemy battleships. By contrast, other navies had fast and slow battleship classes that could not operate together unless limited to the performance of the ship with slowest speed and widest turning circle. Otherwise the battle line would be split into separate "fast" and "slow" wings. The Standard type was optimised for the battleship-centric naval strategy of the era of their design.

Characteristics of the Standard type included:

• all-or-nothing armor scheme
• All main guns on the centerline
• designed range of about 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at economical cruising speed
• top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h)
• tactical turn radius of 700 yards

Namur-class

SMS Hainaut

The Namurs were the first Burgundian battleships to follow a template that the Royal Navy would call the Standard-Type. They were also the first Burgundian battleships to mount triple turrets, whilst also reverting to the template pioneered by SMS Dreadnought of two pairs of superfiring turrets. Some had argued against using triple turrets, saying that a lucky hit would disable a higher percentage of the ships armament while also citing the effects on stability. However, they would be chosen due to the space and weight save by their usage, allowing that weight to be put into armor. The first battleships to incorporate all-or-nothing armor, under which the bow and stern were effectively unarmored, while the citadel, protecting vital magazines and machinery, were given the maximum possible protection while also retaining enough reserve buoyancy to keep the ship afloat even if the bow and stern were flooded. Designed with long-range combat specifically in mind, when commissioned the ships were among the most advanced in the word, surpassed only by the Ponthieu-class and succeeding designs.

SMS Hainaut after her modernization.

Measuring 583 feet long, and with a beam of 95 feet, the ships displaced 28,400 tons of water at deep load. Like the Kap Karel-class, SMS Maryland, and Kinnig Karel de Grouss-class, the Namurs were armed with ten 14” SK L/45 C/09, though these were mounted in four turrets in superfiring pairs (twin gun over triple). Their secondary battery consisted of 21 5”/51 caliber guns. As a result of their all-or-nothing armor scheme, they had the thickest armored belt featured on a battleship at 13.5”. The decks were also thickened to 3” over previous classes 2”, designed to set off the fuse on armor-piercing shells, below which lay a thinner deck to catch the resulting splinters. Propulsion was provided by 12 oil-fired boilers powering direct-drive steam turbines, which in turn drove two screws (they were the last Burgundian capital ships driven by two screws). Also equipped aboard were reduction gear cruising turbines, which improved fuel economy at low speed.

Namur was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Hoorn under the construction number 187. Hainaut was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Emden under the construction number 141.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Namur (SS-69)	10 × 14”/45 C/09	28,400 tons	2 × shafts, 12 × oil-fired boilers, Geared steam turbines	12 January 1912	12 October 1912	10 March 1914	In service
SMS Hainaut (SS-70)	10 × 14”/45 C/09	28,400 tons	2 × shafts, 12 × oil-fired boilers, Geared steam turbines	25 January 1912	24 October 1912	2 June 1914	In service

Ponthieu-class

SMS Ponthieu

Initially ordered as the third and fourth ships of the Namur-class, the ships were re-designed following the naval bill authorizing their construction. The modifications ended up adding 3,500 tons of displacement. Among the improvements was the addition of two main battery rifles.

The Ponthieu-class battleships were 608 feet long and 97 feet wide at the beam, the ships displaced 32,000 tons at deep load. Their main batteries were 12 14” SK L/45 C/09 in four triple turrets. Secondary armament was marginally improved over the Namur-class, with 22 5”/51 guns. Armor scheme, keeping in the all-or-nothing doctrine, involved reducing the armor over the non-critical bow and stern to inconsequential levels, allowing the magazines and machinery to be protected behind a thickened 13.5” armored belt.

SMS Ponthieu after her early 1930s modernization.

The deck armor was three inches thick, and below that was a 1.5”-2” think splinter deck. Propulsion was provided by four screws powered by four reduction geared steam turbines. Steam was provided 12 oil-fired boilers. Top speed was 21 knots.

SMS Ponthieu was built at Carnegie Eisenwerken, Antwerp under the construction number 205. Flanderen was built at Frederik Krupp Belgicawerft, Amsterdam under the construction number 154.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Ponthieu (SS-71)	12 × 14”/45 C/09	32,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × Geared steam turbines	30 May 1912	12 November 1913	7 October 1914	In service
SMS Flanderen (SS-72)	12 × 14”/45 C/09	32,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × Geared steam turbines	31 May 1912	27 November 1913	10 November 1914	In service

Brabant-class

SMS Brabant

After the final design for the Ponthieu-class had been chosen, there was considerable debate on where the design for the succeeding ships were to go. Among the civilian heads, concerns were mounting over the increasing cost of the Anglo-Burgundian naval arms race, and favored a simple improvement over the Ponthieus. The prevailing sentiment among the naval designers was leaning towards a design armed with ten 16.5” 45 caliber gun. The problem for the designers, however, was that the 16.5” gun was not finish, with its testing planned for 1913. Some considered simply having the Brabant-class ordered with the 16.5” guns anyway, but others pointed out that if the guns failed, then they’d be forced anyway to order 14” turrets, delaying construction and adding cost. In the end, it was decided to play safe and order the 14” armed design. Other changes over the Ponthieus was the inclusion of a clipper bow, and the equipping of turbo-electric propulsion.

The three ships measured 624 feet long and 97 feet wide at the beam, at deep load they displaced 32,500 tons of water, only a slight increase over the Ponthieu-class. The main battery carried 12 of the lengthened 14” SK L/50 C/12. Like their immediate predessecors, the secondary armament consisted of 22 5”/51 caliber guns. Keeping with the all-or-nothing armor scheme, the main belt was 13.5” thick. Deck armor was thickened to 3.5” over a 2” splinter deck. For propulsion, four steam turbines fitted with turbo-electric transmissions, and nine oil-fired boilers, allowing a top speed of 21 knots.

Brabant was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Hoorn under the construction number 105. Zweebrúcken was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Ostend under the construction number 74. Metz was built at Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord, Rotterdam under the construction number 115.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Brabant (SS-73)	12 × 14”/50 C/12	32,500 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	21 October 1912	16 October 1913	22 December 1914	In service
SMS Zweebrúcken (SS-74)	12 × 14”/50 C/12	32,500 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	31 October 1912	25 November 1913	8 March 1915	In service
SMS Metz (SS-75)	12 × 14”/50 C/12	32,500 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	31 January 1913	4 November 1914	13 January 1916	In service

Champagne-class

SMS Loutrengen

Already incorporating the innovations of the Brabant-class, were the first Burgundian battleships built to a “post-Tarkhanut“ hull design. Underwater protection was greater than previous designs, and both her main and secondary batteries had fire-control systems.

At 624 feet long, and 97 feet wide at the beam, the ships displaced 33,200 tons at deep load. Their main batteries consisted of 12 14” SK L/50 C/12 guns, although on the Champagnes they could be elevated to 30 degrees (compared to the Brabants 15), allowing an extra 10,000 yards in range. With the recent inclusion of seaplane carriers into the fleet, this made the Champagnes the first Burgundian warships with theoretical ability to fire “over the horizon”. The secondary armament was considerably reduced when compared to previous designs, the result of experiences that showed many weren’t usable during rough weather. As such, the ships carried 14 5”/51 caliber guns. Typical in the standard-type, the armored belt was 13.5” thick over the citadel, the result of its all-or-nothing armor. Like the Brabant-class, the Champagnes’ deck armor was 3.5” thick over a splinter deck 2” thick. They were also equipped with steam turbine with turbo-electric transmissions, driving four screws for a top speed of 21 knots.

Champagne was built at Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord, Rotterdam under the construction number 207. Loutrengen was built by Blohm & Wolff, Antwerp under the construction number 105.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Champagne (SS-76)	12 × 14”/50 C/12	33,200 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	24 February 1913	31 October 1914	19 December 1915	In service
SMS Loutrengen (SS-77)	12 × 14”/50 C/12	33,200 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	20 October 1913	18 March 1915	1 February 1916	In service

Kales-class

SMS Kales

By 1913, considerable pressure had built up regarding what perceived as a lack of improvement from recent battleship classes. Even though, with 12 14” rifles, the Ponthieu, Brabant, and Champagne classes can be counted as the most powerful warships in the world, it was pointed out that it may not be long before other countries (namely the United Kingdom or Belkan Empire) start building comparable ships. As such it was decided that further improvements to the basic standard-type design were needed to safeguard Burgundys qualitative advantage at sea. The 16.5”/45 gun rejected for the Brabant-class was selected, as it had passed its firing tests. In other characteristics, the Kales hull was largely the same as the Champagne-class.

The Kales-class measured 624 feet long overall and 97 feet wide at the beam, at deep load the ships displaced 34,000 tons of water. The main battery consisted of eight 16.5” SK L/45 C/13 rifles, the first warships to carry guns of 16” caliber or larger. These were mounted in four two-gun turrets (not twin-gun turrets, as the guns could be elevated independently of the other). The secondary armament included the same 14 5”/51 caliber guns as the Champagnes, mounted in the superstructure to allow their usage in heavy weather. The ships kept with the all-or-nothing armor scheme introduced with the Namur-class, and the layout was largely the same as the Champagnes. The exception being an increase in belt armor over vital machinery to 16 inches (allowing it to be immune to its own guns), otherwise the belt thickness measured 14 inches. Like the Brabant- and Champagne-classes, the Kales-class was powered by steam turbines with turbo-electric transmissions. With steam provided by eight oil-fired boilers, the ships were capable of a top speed of 21 knots.

Kales was built by Carnegie Eisenwerken, Antwerp under the construction number 80. Basel was built by Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord, Rotterdam under the construction number 300. Vermandois was built by Kinnigleche Werft, Emden under the construction number 210. Amiens was built by Kinnigleche Werft, Hoorn under the construction number 341.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Kales (SS-78)	8 × 16.5”/45 C/13	34,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	22 December 1913	29 May 1915	1 February 1916	In service
SMS Basel (SS-79)	8 × 16.5”/45 C/13	34,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	29 November 1913	14 January 1915	30 December 1916	In service
SMS Vermandois (SS-80)	8 × 16.5”/45 C/13	34,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	15 January 1914	17 November 1914	1 May 1916	In service
SMS Amiens (SS-81)	8 × 16.5”/45 C/13	34,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × electric drive turbines	15 January 1914	29 April 1915	18 April 1916	In service

Dreadnoughts (cont.)

Rei Tomas/Guernesy-class

SMS Guernesy (ex-NGS Rei Tomas)

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Guernesy (SS-82) ex-NGS Rei Tomas	12 × 12”/50 C/08	30,100 tons	3 × shafts 3 × steam turbines	25 May 1912	26 August 1913	27 August 1915	Retired 1919, resold to New Granada
SMS Jersey (SS-83) ex-NGS Príncipe Enzo	12 × 12”/50 C/08	30,100 tons	3 × shafts 3 × steam turbines	9 July 1912	23 September 1913	26 February 1915	Retired 1919, resold to New Granada

Super-dreadnoughts (cont.)

Nova Granada/Borealien-class

SMS Borealien (ex-NGS Nova Granada)

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Borealien (SS-84) ex-NGS Nova Granada	10 × 14”/45 C/09	32,120 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	27 November 1912	27 November 1913	15 October 1915	Retired 1919, resold to New Granada
SMS Jaymaika (SS-85) ex-NGS Istmo	10 × 14”/45 C/09	32,120 tons	4 × shafts 4 × steam turbines	20 December 1912	8 June 1913	31 July 1915	Retired 1919, resold to New Granada

Eisenbastard-class

Beginning in 1915, Grand Admiral Jan Fëscher began commissioning several design studies into merging the roles of the battleship and the battlecruiser. The parameters sent to the design teams were ten 16.5” guns in two two-gun and two three-gun turrets (a similar layout to the Namur-class), a 14” armored belt, and 30 knot speed. The architects were unable to find a satisfiable design without compromising at least one of the key requirements. As such, speed was sacrificed to allow smoother operation with the existing battle line, reduced to 23 knots at most. In the wake of the Battle of the Three Navies, four ships were ordered initially, but a fifth was added after the General Assembly of Guyana approved funding for a ship of the type. During the time between the ships being ordered and construction beginning however, it was found the size and weight projections for the three-gun 16.5” turrets were severely underestimated, threatening the whole project. The naval architects quickly proposed a modified version of a preliminary design for the Kales-class, also with ten 16.5” guns, but in five two-gun turrets, and adapted for the same 23 knot speed. Fëscher decided to invoke the adjustment clause included in every naval bill passed by the States-General. Normally intended to correct minor problems in the original designs, it was never intended to be used to build a design almost completely different from the approved version. Only Jan Fëschers success as Grand Admiral, his popularity among the servicemen, and that the new design largely held all the same capabilities as the old one but at a lower cost, kept Prime Minister Graf Theodoor van Roosevelt from demanding Fëschers resignation. Afterwards, the fourth ship of the class, the Henri de Couragéiert, was renamed Graf Roosevelt as an olive branch to the prime minister.

The Eisenbastard-class battleships’ hull design was heavily based off that of the Kales-class, and such the locations of much of the components were virtually identical to that class. They measured 680 feet long overall and 97 feet wide at the beam. At full load the ships displaced 38,500 tons. Their main armament consisted of ten 16.5” SK L/45 C/16 rifles in five two-gun turrets. The area amidships was stretched to allow the placement if the fifth turret between the two funnels. For secondary armament the ships carried sixteen of the newly designed 6”/53 caliber guns, 12 mounted in casemates, four mounted on the superstructure deck. Armor scheme was again based of the Kales-class, using the all-or-nothing doctrine the armored belt was 13.5” thick, increasing to 16” over vital machinery (thus rendering those areas immune to the ships’ own guns at typical engagement ranges). Steam was provided by 12 oil-fired boilers, which in turn powered the turbo-electric motors which drove the four screws, allowing for a top speed of 23 knots.

SMS Eisenbastard, named for Admiral of the Netherlands Jean de Luxembourg (the “Iron Bastard”), was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Hoorn under the construction number 397. SMS Sint Sigismund, after the sixth century King of the Burgundians and patron saint of Burgundy, was built at Carnegie Eisenwerken, Antwerp under the construction number 276. SMS Austrasien, after the Kingdom of Austrasia, was built by Blohm & Wolff, Antwerp under the construction number 342. SMS Graf Roosevelt, after Prime Minister and former First Minister of the Navy Graf Theodoor van Roosevelt, was built at Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord under the construction number 356. SMS Guyana, after the Kingdom of Guyana, was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Emden under the construction number 327.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Eisenbastard (SS-86)	10 × 16.5”/45 C/16	38,500 tons	4 × shafts 4 × turbo electric drives	21 October 1916	23 April 1918	13 September 1919	In service
SMS Sint Sigismund (SS-87)	10 × 16.5””/45 C/16	38,500 tons	4 × shafts 4 × turbo electric drives	11 November 1916	3 February 1919	14 March 1920	In service
SMS Austrasien (SS-88)	10 × 16.5”/45 C/16	38,500 tons	4 × shafts 4 × turbo electric drives	4 February 1917	18 July 1919	11 November 1920	In service
SMS Graf Roosevelt (SS-89)	10 × 16.5””/45 C/16	38,500 tons	4 × shafts 4 × turbo electric drives	1 March 1917	27 August 1920
SMS Guyana (SS-90)	10 × 16.5”/45 C/16	38,500 tons	4 × shafts 4 × turbo electric drives	13 April 1917	21 July 1919

Treaty

Graf Bonapaart-class

SMS Kinnig Robert de Hummer

In 1933, with the battleship and battlecruiser moratorium nearing its end, the Burgundian Royal Navy began considering designs for a new class of capital ships fit to fight in a modern war. The then-concurrent Burgundian involvement in the Texan rebellion, and the experience learned from the aircraft carriers, lead to the conclusion that future ships must carry a suitable anti-aircraft suite. However, it was found during war games that then-current anti-aircraft doctrine was woefully inadequate in stopping a determined air assault, and that a heavier battery of dual-purpose heavy guns, and rapid firing lighter guns were needed. Furthermore, it was decided a speed of at least 28 knots would be required to keep pace with contemporary aircraft carriers. Many revisions were made before the final design would be authorized in November, 1933, and an order for four of the class would be placed in January. The last two of the class would be canceled in 1937 to allow those materials and funding to go towards an improved design of the Graf Bonapaarts, which would later become the Verdun-class

The ships measured almost 729 feet long overall, with a beam of 108 feet. At standard load, the ships displaced 36,000 tons of water. As initially designed, the class would carry 12 14” SK L/50 C/35 guns in three four-gun turrets. However, during construction, it was decided to change the main battery to nine 16.5” SK L/45 C/36 in three three-gun turrets. While these guns were designed to fire the same 2,240 lb armor piercing shell as the Kales- and Eisenbastard-class battleships, and Elba- and Lexington-class battlecruisers, they would in fact be issued the newly designed 2,700 lb MK 8 “super-heavy” shells, which greatly improved the weapons’ penetration values. The ships were the first Burgundian battleships designed to carry the 5” SK L/38 C/32 dual-purpose rifles, of which it carried 20, all in dual mounts, five per broadside. The anti-aircraft suite was the most powerful within the Burgundian Navy at the time of construction; it carried sixty 1.57” LaK 28s (OTL 40 mm Bofors), all in quadruple mounts, and 48 0.8” Maussens (OTL 20 mm Oerlikon) in single mounts. The ships’ armor continued using the proven all-or-nothing armor of previous battleships, with some improvements. The armored belt was 12 inches thick, inclined at 15 degrees thus increasing its thickness relative to incoming fire. This belt was backed 0.75 inches of Carnegie Steels special treatment steel (STS). A first for Burgundian battleships, the class had three armored decks, the main deck being 1.45” thick, the second, and thickest, being 3.6” of normal armor laminated on top of 1.4” of STS, and a third deck o.62” thick. The armor was designed against the 14” guns of its original designed armament, not against 16.5” shellfire, a leading cause that lead to the less advanced ships under construction being cancelled. Propulsion was provided by four screws that were driven by four sets of geared steam turbines, allowing a top speed of 28 knots.

Graf Bonapaart was constructed at Kinnigleche Werft, Emden under the construction number 401. Kinnig Robert de Hummer was constructed at Kinnigleche Werft, Hoorn under the construction number 397. Before their cancellations, Herzog Jean de Furchtlos and Kinnig Henri de Schëffstraich were under construction at Frederik Krupp Belgicawerft, Amsterdam under number 345, and Blohm & Wolff, Antwerp under number 329, respectively. To make up the cancellations, the first two ships of the Verdun-class were promised to those shipbuilders.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Graf Bonapaart (SS-91)	9 × 16.5”/45 C/36	36,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	27 October 1934	13 June 1937	9 April 1938	In service
SMS Kinnig Robert de Hummer (SS-92)	9 × 16.5”/45 C/36	36,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	2 November 1934	1 April 1937	25 February 1939	In service
SMS Herzog Jean de Furchtlos (SS-93)	9 × 16.5”/45 C/36	36,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	14 June 1935	N/A	N/A	Canceled, broken up, 1937
SMS Kinnig Henri de Shëffstraich (SS-94)	9 × 16.5”/45 C/36	36,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	1 July 1935	N/A	N/A	Canceled, broken up, 1937

Verdun-class

SMS Kamerijk

With the first two Graf Bonapaart-class battleships nearing completion, it was pointed out that the increase in main armament from the original design had left an imbalance in the capabilities of the new armament and the ships’ armor. Other deficiencies in the Graf Bonapaarts design, such as the underwater protection, were intended to be rectified in the new design as well. This new design prompted the cancellation and breakup of the third and fourth ships of the Graf Bonapaart to reallocate those funding and material to the improved ships. Initially, only two ships of the new class, Verdun and Kamerijk, but as tensions grew with France over the rights of the Burgundian population in territories annexed by France after the Great War, an additional two, named Léck and Elsass, were ordered.

The ships of the class measured 680 feet long overall, 108 feet wide at the beam, and at standard load displaced 35,000 tons of water. Their main armament was identical to that on the final design of the Graf Bonapaart; nine 16.5” SK L/45 C/36 rifles in three three-gun turrets. Like their predecessors, the class was intended to fire the same 2,240 lb as the older 16.5” armed ships, but was instead equipped with the newly developed 2,700 lb MK 8 “super-heavy” armor piercing shell, giving the gun greatly improved anti-armor ability. Their secondary armament consisted of twenty 5” SK L/38 C/32 dual-purpose guns in ten dual turrets, five per broadside, though on Verdun was reduced to sixteen as the centermost turret in each side was removed to facilitate a larger command space as a designed fleet flagship. The anti-aircraft battery on the ships was improved over the Graf Bonapaarts, with sixty-four 1.57” LaK 28s, all in quadruple mounts, and seventy-seven .8” Maussen autocannons in single mounts. The ships reaped the benefits of the latest advances in electronic, with the main battery directors being fitted with the state of the art Mk 8 fire-control radev. A reason to shorten the the ships in comparison to the preceding Graf Bonapaart-class, which was designed to be protected against 14” shellfire, was to allow a better protection layout while not increasing displacement. Designed to be resistant to 16” shellfire, the armored belt was multi-layered, with an outer layer of a 1.25” STS hull plating, with an internal belt abreast of it measuring 12.2” thick and back by .875” STS plate. This internal belt was inclined to 19° from the vertical. At 19,000 yards range, this was equivalent to 17.3 inches of vertical belt armor, giving an immunity zone to the 2,240 lb shell fired by the 16.5”/45 caliber guns mounted on the Kales- and Elba-classes between 17,700 yards to 30,900 yards. The deck armor held three armored layers; a 1.5” thick weather deck, then a combined 6” Carnegie and STS armor deck, then a .625” splinter deck over the machinery. Propulsion was provided by four geared steam turbines that drove four screws, allowing a top speed of 27.5 knots.

Verdun was built at Frederik Krupp Belgicawerft, Amsterdam under construction number 346. Kamerijk was built at Blohm & Wolff, Antwerp under construction number 330. Léck was built Haussmann-Wilton-Fijenoord, Rotterdam under construction number 309. Elsass was built at Kinnigleche Werft, Den Helder under construction number 11.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Verdun (SS-95)	9 × 16.5”/45 C/36	35,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	5 July 1938	7 June 1940	20 March 1941	In service
SMS Kamerijk (SS-96)	9 × 16.5”/45 C/36	35,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	20 September 1938	21 November 1940	30 April 1941	In service
SMS Léck (SS-97)	9 × 16.5”/45 C/36	35,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	20 July 1938	23 September 1940	12 May 1941	In service
SMS Elsass (SS-98)	9 × 16.5”/45 C/36	35,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	1 February 1939	16 February 1941	16 August 1941	In service

Post-Treaty

Lëtzebuerg-class

SMS Holland

With the construction of the Verdun-class battleships, the Burgundian Navy was convinced the best possible balance of speed, armor, and firepower under the displacement of the Malta naval treaty had been reached. Despite this, King Rogier II saw need of further naval expansion in light of tensions around the world, specifically in regards to Brésil, where that country had been attempting to stir up a pro-Brésil uprising. However, he also remembered the negotiations for the Malta naval treaty, where concerns over Burgundys strategic defensive needs were ignored. As such, in 1939, the naval design board was discreetly given the go-ahead to waive the 35,000 ton displacement limit, and to design a battleship that improved upon the Verdun-class. The finalized design, coming in at 45,000 tons at standard displacement, was submitted in early 1940, and the States-General of Burgundy, the Parliamemt of Borealia, and the General Assembly of Guyana each approved the funding for two each of the new “35,000 ton” class. The specifics of the ships were kept under strict secrecy, with only high-ranking members of those nations naval boards being fully aware of them. Their construction, launches, and commissioning were not announced or publicized to avoid the ships coming under scrutiny.

The ships measured 887 feet long overall, with a beam of 108 feet, at standard load they displaced 45,000 tons of water. They were initially planned to be armed with the same 16.5” SK L/50 C/16 guns as the Lexington-class battlecruisers, though in three three-gun turrets, but the Royal Ministry of Construction and Repair assumed they would be equipped with a newer, light gun, and as such designed barbettes too small to accommodate the C/16s. This necessitated the development of the 16.5” SK L/50 C/39. Like the 45-caliber main batteries of the Graf Bonapaart and Verdun-classes, they fired a 2,700 lb Mk 8 “super-heavy” shell, but due to the longer barrel they left the muzzles with at 200 FPS faster (2,500 vs 2,300), giving the class an armor penetrating capability far exceeding that of battleships with comparable gun calibers. Their secondary armament consisted of twenty 5” SK L/38 C/32 dual-purpose guns mounted in ten dual turrets, five per broadside. The Lëtzebuergs carried the heaviest anti-aircraft battery then installed on a battleship, with eighty 1.57” LaK 28 guns mounted in twenty quad mounts, and forty-nine single-mounted .8” Maussen autocannons. The main battery were directed by three Mk 38 Gun Fire Control Systems, while a quartet of Mk 37 GFCS’ directed the 5” guns. These systems allowed the ships to effectively engage targets at ranges approaching 40,000 yards. Armor was heavily based on the preceding Verdun-class, designed to give the ships a zone of immunity to a 2,240 lb 16.5” armor-piercing shellfire from a 45 caliber gun between 18,000 and 30,000 yards. The citadel, consisting of the magazines and the engine room, was protected by STS outer hull plating 1.5” thick and an armor belt 12.1” thick backed by .875” plate; the belt armor is sloped at 19°, giving an effective thickness of 17.3” at 19,000 yard range. The ends of the citadel on Lëtzebuerg and Kinnigin Viktoria were protected by a 11.3” thick transverse armored bulkhead. With the construction of Artesië and afterward, the bulkhead was thickened to 14.5”. The deck armor consists of a 1.5” thick STS weather deck, a combined 6” thick Class B and STS main armor deck, and a 0.63” thick STS splinter deck. Over the magazines, the splinter deck is replaced by a 1” inch STS third deck that separates the magazine from the main armored deck. The powder magazine rooms are separated from the turret platforms by a pair of 1.5” inch STS annular bulkheads under the barbettes for flashback protection. The installation of armor on the Lëtzebuergs also differed from those of earlier battleships in that the armor was installed while the ships were still "on the way" rather than after the ships had been launched. The ships were propelled by four screws which were driven by four geared steam turbines, allowing a top speed of 33 knots, though trial runs at light load have recorded speeds of up 35.2 knots.

Ship	Main guns	Displacement	Propulsion	Service
				Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Fate
SMS Lëtzebuerg (SS-99)	9 × 16.5”/50 C/39	45,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	27 June, 1940	27 August, 1942	22 February, 1943	In Service
SMS Kinnigin Viktoria (SS-100)	9 × 16.5”/50 C/39	45,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	16 September, 1940	7 December, 1942	23 May, 1943	In service
SMS Artesië (SS-101)	9 × 16.5”/50 C/39	45,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	6 January, 1941	29 January, 1944	11 June, 1944	In service
SMS Holland (SS-102)	9 × 16.5”/50 C/39	45,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	25 January, 1941	7 December, 1943	16 April, 1944	In service
SMS Keesar Wëllem de Juist (SS-103)	9 × 16.5”/50 C/39	45,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	6 December, 1942	18 August, 1944	17 June, 1945	In Service
SMS Sundgau (SS-104)	9 × 16.5”/50 C/39	45,000 tons	4 × shafts 4 × geared steam turbines	7 March, 1942	17 December, 1944	30 November, 1945	In Service