sentences:  "Dreadnought"s revolutionary design rendered every capital ship of the German navy obsolete, including the "Braunschweig"s. Also, the 17 cm guns proved to be something of a disappointment in service, since the larger shells were significantly heavier and thus harder to load manually, which reduced their rate of fire.The "Braunschweig"-class ships were long at the waterline, and overall.The ships had a beam of , and a draft of .