High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II ("His Majesty`s Ship Emperor Wilhelm II") was the second ship of the Kaiser Friedrich III class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was built at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven and launched 14 September 1897. The ship was completed 7 October 1898 and commissioned into the fleet as flagship on 4 February 1902. The ship was armed with a main battery of four 24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns in two twin turrets. She was powered by triple expansion engines that delivered a top speed of 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph).