 SMS Kaiser Friedrich III ( " His Majesty 's Ship Emperor Frederick III " ) was the lead ship of the Kaiser Friedrich III class of pre @-@ dreadnought battleships . She was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft in Wilhelmshaven in 1895 , and finished in October 1898 . The ship was armed with a main battery of four 24 @-@ centimeter ( 9 @.@ 4 in ) guns in two twin gun turrets . 
