 Lithograph of Heimdall in 1902, showing her original configuration
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| History | |
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 German Empire | |
| Name | Heimdall |
| Namesake | Heimdall |
| Builder | Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven |
| Laid down | 2 November 1891 |
| Launched | 27 July 1892 |
| Commissioned | 1893 |
| Decommissioned | 2 March 1916 |
| Stricken | On 17 June 1919 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Rönnebeck, 1921 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type | Siegfried-class coast defense ship |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 79 m (259.2 ft) |
| Beam | 14.6 m (47.9 ft) |
| Draft | 5.74 m (18.8 ft) |
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| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 14.9 knots (27.6 km/h; 17.1 mph) |
| Range | 4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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SMS Heimdall was the fourth vessel of the six-member Siegfried class of coastal defense ships (Küstenpanzerschiffe) built for the German Imperial Navy. Her sister ships were Siegfried, Beowulf, Frithjof, Hildebrand, and Hagen. Heimdall was built by the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Shipyard) in Wilhelmshaven between 1891 and 1894, 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 1900–1902. She served in the VI Battle Squadron after the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, but saw no action. Heimdall was demobilized in 1915 and used as a barracks ship thereafter. She was ultimately broken up for scrap in 1921.