SMS "Grosser Kurfürst"  (or "Großer" ) was an ironclad turret ship built for the German "Kaiserliche Marine" (Imperial Navy). She was laid down at the Imperial Dockyard in Wilhelmshaven in 1870 and completed in 1878; her long construction time was in part due to a redesign that was completed after work on the ship had begun. Her main battery of four guns was initially to be placed in a central armored battery, but during the redesign this was altered to a pair of twin gun turrets amidships.