SMS Odin

	A 1902 lithograph of Odin firing a salute
History
German Empire
Name	Odin
Namesake	Odin
Builder	Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig
Laid down	1893
Launched	3 November 1894
Commissioned	22 September 1896
Stricken	6 December 1919
Fate	Scrapped, 1935
General characteristics as built
Class and type	Odin-class coastal defense ship
Displacement	Normal: 3,550 t (3,490 long tons); Full load: 3,754 t (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 × fire-tube boilers; 4,800 PS (4,700 ihp);
Propulsion	2 × triple-expansion steam engines; 2 × screw propellers;
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)
Complement	20 officers; 256 enlisted men;
Armament	3 × 24 cm (9.4 in) guns; 10 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns; 3 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt armor: 240 mm (9.4 in); Deck: 70 mm (2.8 in); Conning tower: 120 mm (4.7 in);

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 (Imperial Shipyard) in Danzig 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.

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