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1621:'s battlecruisers had attacked the German ships in the darkness, which had turned westward to evade their attackers, and Mauve had continued in a southerly course, which placed his ships between the British and German battlecruisers. The British battlecruisers turned their attention to the pre-dreadnoughts, which in turn altered their course to the southwest in order to bring all of their guns to bear on the British ships. In the darkness, only muzzle flashes from the British ships could be seen; as a result
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29â30 May, and 4â26 June; during the last stay, she had supplementary oil-burning equipment installed for her boilers. She spent the rest of the year in the North Sea, taking part in sorties on 11â12 September and 23â24 October. From 6 to 23 December, she went to
Wilhelmshaven for maintenance, which was followed by squadron training in the Baltic from 25 December to 20 January 1916. She immediately went to the
1428:, while the battleships of the High Seas Fleet waited in support in the hopes of ambushing and destroying any British forces that sortied out. During the night of 15â16 December, the German battle fleet of twelve dreadnoughts and eight pre-dreadnoughts came to within 10 nmi (19 km; 12 mi) of an isolated squadron of six British battleships. Skirmishes between the rival
1184:. The fleet returned to Germany on 13 August. The autumn maneuvers followed from 27 August to 12 September. Later that year, the fleet toured coastal German cities as part of an effort to increase public support for naval expenditures. The next yearâ1909âfollowed much the same pattern as in 1908. Another cruise into the Atlantic was conducted from 7 July to 1 August, during which
2091:. The ship had a crew of 80, but could be operated by remote control when being used as a target. The work lasted from 11 April 1935 to 1 April 1937; beginning in April, she conducted sea trials, and on 12 July she was formally assigned to the gunnery training unit, in what had previously been renamed the
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was in the shipyard in Kiel for maintenance from 22 February 1915 to 6 March, after which she returned to guard duties off
Altenbruch, starting on 10 March. Squadron exercises in the Baltic took place from 18 March to 1 April, and further short periods of maintenance in Kiel followed on 17â18 May,
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Kattegat, between Norway and Denmark. These were in accordance with Holtzendorff's strategy, which envisioned drawing the Royal Navy into the narrow waters in the Kattegat. The annual summer cruise went to Norway, and was followed by fleet
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on 5 January 1925. She received her old gun armament back, with the exception her tertiary battery; she received only four of the 8.8 cm guns, with another four in high-angle anti-aircraft mounts. Four torpedo tubes were installed in above-water casemates in the main deck. Her coal-fired
1581:'s battlecruisers of I Scouting Group steamed out towards the Skagerrak, followed by the rest of the High Seas Fleet an hour and a half later. During the "Run to the North", Scheer ordered the fleet to pursue the British V Battle Squadron at top speed. The slower
2048:, Norway, in July 1934 before participating in what would be her final annual fleet maneuvers later that year. She departed Kiel on 25 September and steamed to Wilhelmshaven, where she was decommissioned on 12 November. Her crew were sent to the new armored ship
1162:, the commander of the High Seas Fleet, had pressed for such a cruise the previous year, arguing that it would prepare the fleet for overseas operations and break up the monotony of training in German waters, though tensions with Britain over the developing
1016:. The year was spent conducting squadron and fleet training exercises, including a summer cruise in July and August to Norwegian waters. During the fleet maneuvers held every autumn in late August and September, the fleet conducted landing operations at
1587:-class ships quickly fell behind the faster dreadnoughts. By 19:30, the Grand Fleet had arrived on the scene, confronting Scheer with significant numerical superiority. The German fleet was severely hampered by the presence of the slower
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of 28 cm ammunition at this phase of the battle, but according to naval historian John
Campbell the individual ship logs recorded no such firing at this time; instead, the 23 shells were fired at imaginary submarines several hours
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were in the face of more modern weapons, so she and the rest of II Squadron ships were withdrawn from service with the fleet. She was decommissioned in
December 1916, disarmed and used as a depot ship for the rest of the war.
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was jokingly referred to as SMS "Kleinste Fahrt" (SMS "Shortest Voyage") because of a warning that had been painted on the ship's hull. The ship's four 28 cm guns were re-mounted as railroad guns and employed on the
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and the rest of the fleet received
British and American naval squadrons in Kiel in June and July. The year's autumn maneuvers were confined to the Baltic and the Kattegat. During fleet exercises on 23 August 1911,
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was not significantly damaged in the accident. The annual summer cruise for 1913 returned to
Norwegian waters, as did the cruise the following year. The year 1914 began quietly, with the only event of note being
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was damaged by a
British mine and had to return to port prematurely. Visibility was poor, so the operation was quickly called off before the British fleet could intervene and inflict further losses.
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became the commander of the High Seas Fleet. His tenure as fleet commander was marked with strategic experimentation, owing to the increased threat posed by the latest underwater weapons like
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class marked a significant improvement over earlier German battleships, its design fell victim to the rapid pace of technological development in the early 1900s. The
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in the straits on 4 May, remaining there until the 20th. She returned to the rest of the squadron at
Altenbruch on 23 May to begin preparing for the next major fleet operation.
1918:; they were the first German warships to visit Danzig since Germany lost control of the city to Poland after the war. The next two years passed uneventfully, and in July 1928,
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joined the fleet for a voyage to Norway in June, reminiscent of the old peacetime summer cruises of the Imperial fleet. Fleet training exercises followed later in the year.
1300:. The torpedo boat suffered significant damage and three of its crew were killed, though it did not sink. The boat, along with the rest of her crew, was towed back to Kiel.
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in the Baltic; this was to be her last active service during the war. On 12 December, she was decommissioned and disarmed, after eleven years of service with the fleet.
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was struck by at least one at 03:10. The torpedo is believed to have detonated one of the ship's 17 cm (6.7 in) shell magazines, destroying the ship. Aboard
1405:. In October, the squadron went to the Baltic for maneuvers, and while transiting the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal on 26 October, she ran aground and had to be pulled free by
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and converted into a target ship. Her armament was removed, the hull was lengthened, and new machinery was installed. The longer hull allowed room for two additional
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fired her main battery at an imagined submarine. She and several other battleships engaged imaginary submarines again at 05:06, and again at 05:13. Gunfire from
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and mock attacks on the main naval base at Kiel. Further exercises followed in May and June, after which the fleet went on a cruise to Norway. After returning,
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therefore remained in service with the squadron, the oldest battleship in service with the main fleet. Following Germany's entry into the war in early August,
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1288:, the summer cruise only went into the Baltic to avoid exposing the fleet during the period of heightened tension with Britain and France. In July 1913,
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herself was undamaged in the collision. Another fleet review was held during the exercises for a visiting Austro-Hungarian delegation that included
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had fired five 28 cm rounds, thirty-four 17 cm shells, and twenty-four 8.8 cm rounds. She was not damaged in the engagement.
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were too wide to pass through the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal. Accordingly, the fleet was transferred from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven on 1 April 1910.
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was among the battleships retained, initially as one of the vessels in reserve. After being refitted, rearmed, and slightly modernized,
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on 29 August. A training cruise into the Baltic followed at the end of the year. In March 1911, the fleet conducted exercises in the
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roadstead. In the autumn maneuvers that followed, the fleet conducted exercises in the North Sea and then joint maneuvers with the
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returned to the North Sea, and was present for another attack on the British coast on 24â25 April. This time, the battlecruisers
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and had a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). Like all other pre-dreadnoughts built at the turn of the century,
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spent the remainder of 1916 alternating between guard duty off Altenbruch and the Danish straits. On 18 November, she went to
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had two of her 17 cm guns and all four of the low-angle 8.8 cm guns removed. The following year, she visited
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was tasked with clearing paths for merchant vessels in the iced-over Baltic. She also made visits to the ports of
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protected her magazines and propulsion machinery, with thinner plating at either end of the hull. Her
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1492:. During this operation, the battlecruiser
1090:was the II Squadron winner of the Kaiser's
3284:
3270:
3219:
1414:raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
1154:and the rest of the fleet sailed into the
570:raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
2970:. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
988:, gave a speech. The ship began shipyard
709:, the supplier of naval artillery to the
436:: 110 to 250 mm (4.3 to 9.8 in)
2877:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2860:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2788:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2771:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2540:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2505:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2493:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2
2478:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2
2466:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2
2451:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2
2439:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2
2424:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2
2400:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
1799:
1517:
1340:Map of the North and Baltic Seas in 1911
1335:
1114:
928:
663:
19:For other ships with the same name, see
3409:World War II auxiliary ships of Germany
3120:Jutland 1916: Clash of the Dreadnoughts
1756:was thereafter used as a depot ship in
894:, and the final tube was in the stern.
880:17 cm (6.7 inch) SK L/40 guns
3391:
1961:, and Ferrol, Spain, during the trip.
1052:of Russia met the German fleet in his
1020:. Further exercises took place in the
870:, one fore and one aft of the central
626:. She served in this capacity through
622:was converted into a radio-controlled
16:Battleship of the German Imperial Navy
3265:
1984:stopped in numerous ports, including
1974:A major fleet training cruise to the
574:Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft
177:
52:
3220:Dodson, Aidan; Cant, Serena (2020).
3193:
3007:
2984:
2906:Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting
2903:
2823:
2811:
2799:
2758:
2746:
2734:
2722:
2710:
2686:
2327:
1513:
1158:to conduct a major training cruise.
739:as torpedoes became more effective.
576:in April 1916. The following month,
170:Ceded to the Soviet Union following
3196:ANZACS, The Media and the Great War
3174:
2698:
2671:
2659:
2647:
2635:
2623:
2611:
2587:
2575:
2551:
1769:. While in reserve at BrunsbĂŒttel,
1711:
291:22.2 m (72 ft 10 in)
13:
3424:Auxiliary ships of the Soviet Navy
3404:World War I battleships of Germany
3213:
3136:
3117:
3052:
3030:
2943:
2847:
2835:
2599:
2378:
2366:
2354:
2315:
2300:
2264:
1902:in the central Atlantic. In July,
919:
273:: 14,394 t (14,167 long tons)
14:
3435:
3224:. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing.
3155:
2965:
2908:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
2888:
2563:
2516:
2411:
2276:
986:Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse
924:
884:8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/35
839:s powerplant was rated at 16,000
413:8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/35
313:(15,781 ihp; 11,768 kW)
299:8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
2122:served in this capacity through
1490:bombarded Yarmouth and Lowestoft
1358:class. As part of this process,
814:. Her crew consisted of 35
727:s. The Design Department of the
668:Plan and profile drawing of the
406:17 cm (6.7 in) SK L/40
179:
68:
61:
54:
31:
3177:Jutland: The German Perspective
2234:
2132:acted as an icebreaker for the
1898:visited the Canary Islands and
1374:, which led to the outbreak of
1294:collided with the torpedo boat
1214:, and to the fact that the new
786:was 127.7 m (419 ft)
530:s peacetime career centered on
399:28 cm (11 in) SK L/40
3399:Braunschweig-class battleships
3376:List of battleships of Germany
2215:
2198:
1397:to support the defense of the
1331:
1065:, including 112 warships, for
717:(Imperial Navy) had developed
418:6 Ă 45 cm (17.7 in)
339:triple-expansion steam engines
154:Converted to target ship, 1937
1:
3194:Williams, John Frank (1999).
3158:German Battleships: 1914â1918
2897:
1841:returned to service with the
1796:Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine
1276:was employed as an emergency
660:Braunschweig-class battleship
2252:
2186:
2016:, Norway. The fleet visited
1924:visited Norway with Admiral
1202:. Late in the year, Admiral
1164:Anglo-German naval arms race
1144:and more fleet training off
830:, all of which burned coal.
504:28 cm (11 in) guns
7:
3057:. Amherst: Humanity Books.
1570:. On 31 May, at 02:00
1346:pre-dreadnought battleships
958:on 15 January 1902, at the
486:in September 1903, and was
442:: 250 mm (9.8 in)
360:(33 km/h; 21 mph)
10:
3440:
3036:German Warships: 1815â1945
1732:to assist the dreadnought
1547:and the five ships of the
1525:
1148:in May and June. In July,
858:s armament consisted of a
657:
448:: 40 mm (1.6 in)
283:127.7 m (419 ft)
245:pre-dreadnought battleship
18:
3371:
3345:
3302:
2209:
1541:on 31 May â 1 June 1916.
1378:, interrupted that plan.
653:
572:in December 1914 and the
229:
47:
30:
3175:Tarrant, V. E. (2001) .
3118:London, Charles (2000).
3053:Herwig, Holger (1998) .
2966:Duffy, James P. (2005).
2191:
2114:on 30 August that year.
2099:. The first ship to use
1809:as a target ship in 1946
1261:Archduke Franz Ferdinand
1204:Henning von Holtzendorff
992:on 16 May 1905, and was
824:triple expansion engines
678:With the passage of the
3008:GrieĂmer, Axel (1999).
2904:Campbell, John (1998).
2075:watertight compartments
1941:flying his flag aboard
1786:Australian War Memorial
1350:dreadnought battleships
1045:in early August, where
982:Princess Irene of Hesse
682:under the direction of
230:General characteristics
3198:. Sydney: UNSW Press.
2985:François, Guy (2006).
2223:
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1908:and the torpedo boat
1803:
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1348:with the more modern
1339:
1118:
1104:(Captain Lieutenant)
996:on 19 September. The
932:
828:Scotch marine boilers
667:
630:, also working as an
538:in 1911 and a German
3156:Staff, Gary (2010).
2453:, pp. 235, 238.
2161:, were ceded to the
2126:. On 31 March 1940,
2105:as a target was the
2069:was struck from the
1823:Treaty of Versailles
1762:coastal defense ship
1599:Gefechtskehrtwendung
1416:on 15 December. The
1401:at the mouth of the
1352:, starting with the
1326:Second Schleswig War
1168:Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
1130:Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
1126:Levensau High Bridge
614:Treaty of Versailles
560:at the mouth of the
3419:Ships built in Kiel
3179:. London: Cassell.
2862:, pp. 150â151.
2773:, pp. 149â150.
2626:, pp. 150â152.
2507:, pp. 148â149.
2480:, pp. 241â242.
2468:, pp. 240â241.
2426:, pp. 237â238.
1928:, the chief of the
1265:Rudolf Montecuccoli
984:, and her brother,
933:Prewar postcard of
900:was protected with
582:was present at the
324:cylindrical boilers
3296:-class battleships
2638:, p. 152â153.
2210:His Majesty's Ship
2204:"SMS" stands for "
2134:auxiliary cruisers
2063:On 31 March 1935,
1944:Schleswig-Holstein
1878:Schleswig-Holstein
1811:
1744:was employed as a
1524:
1342:
1219:-class battleships
1133:
1124:passing under the
999:Kaiserliche Marine
940:
876:secondary armament
864:28 cm SK L/40 guns
713:Kaiserliche Marine
696:Alfred von Tirpitz
676:
494:Kaiserliche Marine
318:water-tube boilers
21:German ship Hessen
3384:
3383:
3254:978-3-7637-6211-8
3231:978-1-5267-4198-1
3205:978-0-86840-569-8
3186:978-0-304-35848-9
3167:978-1-84603-467-1
3148:978-0-87021-913-9
3129:978-1-85532-992-8
3110:978-3-7822-0382-1
3087:978-3-8364-9743-5
3064:978-1-57392-286-9
3045:978-0-87021-790-6
3023:978-3-7637-5985-9
3000:978-2-915767-08-7
2977:978-0-8032-6652-0
2958:978-1-59114-923-1
2936:978-0-85177-245-5
2915:978-1-55821-759-1
2802:, pp. 30â31.
2578:, pp. 52â54.
2554:, pp. 31â33.
2519:, pp. 24â32.
2291:, pp. 21â22.
2267:, pp. 43â44.
2054:, which replaced
1976:Mediterranean Sea
1821:according to the
1605:Late in the day,
1539:Battle of Jutland
1537:took part in the
1528:Battle of Jutland
1514:Battle of Jutland
841:metric horsepower
761:entered service.
584:Battle of Jutland
564:, patrolling the
454:
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311:metric horsepower
138:19 September 1905
130:18 September 1903
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1447:Reiherstiegwerft
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1422:I Scouting Group
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1322:Battle of DybbĂžl
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1566:âRear Admiral)
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1334:
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1160:Prince Heinrich
1100:KapitÀnleutnant
1029:High Seas Fleet
947:
927:
922:
920:Service history
855:
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765:
731:Reichsmarineamt
694:âVice Admiral)
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2089:steam turbines
2071:naval register
2060:in the fleet.
2051:Admiral Scheer
1890:Konrad Mommsen
1871:, Latvia, and
1797:
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1713:
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1526:Main article:
1515:
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1468:Danish straits
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1182:Canary Islands
1156:Atlantic Ocean
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860:main battery
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820:enlisted men
802:13,208
788:long overall
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474:Braunschweig
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251:Displacement
240:Braunschweig
239:
214:Commissioned
187:Soviet Union
172:World War II
151:Reclassified
146:12 July 1937
135:Commissioned
25:
3361:Deutschland
3352:Wittelsbach
2018:ĆwinoujĆcie
1967:steamed to
1926:Hans Zenker
1827:Article 181
1758:BrunsbĂŒttel
1746:target ship
1719:Admiralstab
1654:; at 03:12
1614:Deutschland
1590:Deutschland
1584:Deutschland
1568:Franz Mauve
1550:Deutschland
1462:Admiralstab
1426:Grand Fleet
1376:World War I
1372:July Crisis
1332:World War I
1316:s visit to
1282:Little Belt
1212:naval mines
1190:stopped in
1176:stopped at
1093:SchieĂpreis
1050:Nicholas II
1018:Eckernförde
1014:battleships
1004:II Squadron
968:yard number
902:Krupp armor
868:gun turrets
763:Dreadnought
752:Dreadnought
742:Though the
724:Wittelsbach
701:Wittelsbach
686:Vizeadmiral
624:target ship
550:World War I
516:Dreadnought
469:battleships
382:35 officers
368:4,530
217:3 June 1946
3414:1903 ships
3393:Categories
3336:Lothringen
2898:References
2046:Sognefjord
1996:in Spain,
1959:VilagarcĂa
1900:Cape Verde
1782:Amiens Gun
1392:Altenbruch
1318:Sonderburg
1278:icebreaker
1208:submarines
1196:Royal Navy
1142:Baltic Sea
1070:Wilhelm II
1043:SwinemĂŒnde
990:sea trials
790:and had a
640:North Seas
632:icebreaker
558:guard ship
478:. She was
377:Complement
345:propellers
343:3 Ă screw
332:Propulsion
2253:Citations
2187:Footnotes
2085:barbettes
1969:Stockholm
1955:Caramiñal
1730:Krautsand
1693:Schlesien
1504:relieved
1430:destroyer
1395:roadstead
1231:Skagerrak
1192:El Ferrol
1146:Helgoland
1022:North Sea
956:laid down
892:broadside
812:full load
808:long tons
800:displaced
750:HMS
542:in 1913.
536:steamship
514:HMS
480:laid down
271:Full load
265:long tons
119:Laid down
3329:Preussen
3034:(1990).
2824:Williams
2812:François
2800:François
2759:Campbell
2747:Campbell
2735:Campbell
2723:Campbell
2711:Campbell
2687:Campbell
2328:GrieĂmer
2138:Atlantis
2002:Syracuse
1990:Alicante
1953:visited
1914:visited
1883:flagship
1790:Canberra
1669:Hannover
1611:and the
1507:Preussen
1495:Seydlitz
1479:Preussen
1407:tugboats
1250:Askesund
1248:SS
1200:Spithead
1110:Kattegat
1082:Apenrade
1074:Schillig
1058:Standart
1041:went to
978:launched
866:in twin-
862:of four
816:officers
806:(12,999
774:and her
532:squadron
484:launched
397:2 Ă 2 â
392:Armament
263:(12,999
206:Acquired
159:Stricken
127:Launched
95:Namesake
42:ca. 1931
2699:Tarrant
2672:Tarrant
2660:Tarrant
2648:Tarrant
2636:Tarrant
2624:Tarrant
2612:Tarrant
2588:Tarrant
2576:Tarrant
2552:Tarrant
2229:caliber
2180:Wystrel
2111:Leipzig
2028:Gotland
1998:Palermo
1784:at the
1766:Beowulf
1681:MĂŒnchen
1675:Stettin
1651:Pommern
1639:Pommern
1420:of the
1324:of the
1280:in the
1180:in the
1128:in the
1080:around
1072:in the
910:citadel
634:in the
471:of the
440:Turrets
309:16,000
105:Builder
76:Germany
48:History
3322:Hessen
3315:Elsass
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2848:Dodson
2836:Sieche
2600:London
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2367:Dodson
2355:Gröner
2316:Gröner
2301:Herwig
2265:Herwig
2245:later.
2242:rounds
2171:(with
2147:, and
2144:Widder
2129:Hessen
2119:Hessen
2102:Hessen
2080:Hessen
2066:Hessen
2057:Hessen
2042:Bergen
2037:Hessen
2023:Hessen
2010:Venice
2008:, and
2006:Sicily
1981:Hessen
1964:Hessen
1950:Hessen
1921:Hessen
1905:Hessen
1895:Hessen
1881:, the
1864:Hessen
1855:Hessen
1838:Hessen
1832:Hessen
1806:Hessen
1772:Hessen
1753:Hessen
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1725:Hessen
1705:Hessen
1699:Kaiser
1687:Hessen
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1657:Hessen
1645:Hessen
1633:Hessen
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1381:Hessen
1361:Hessen
1355:Nassau
1310:Hessen
1303:Hessen
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1243:Hessen
1236:Hessen
1227:Danzig
1217:Nassau
1187:Hessen
1173:Hessen
1151:Hessen
1137:Hessen
1121:Hessen
1087:Hessen
1067:Kaiser
1038:Hessen
1033:Skagen
1009:Hessen
973:Hessen
966:under
944:Hessen
936:Hessen
904:. Her
897:Hessen
874:. Her
852:Hessen
833:Hessen
783:Hessen
771:Hessen
758:Hessen
703:-class
654:Design
636:Baltic
619:Hessen
609:Hessen
602:Hessen
589:Hessen
579:Hessen
545:Hessen
524:Hessen
509:Hessen
460:Hessen
280:Length
257:Normal
242:-class
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39:Hessen
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2564:Staff
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2192:Notes
2174:Blitz
2157:Blitz
2150:Orion
1994:Cadiz
1873:Reval
1869:Libau
1552:class
1367:König
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500:Hesse
476:class
428:Armor
411:18 Ă
404:14 Ă
365:Range
358:knots
353:Speed
296:Draft
99:Hesse
3249:ISBN
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3018:ISBN
2995:ISBN
2972:ISBN
2953:ISBN
2931:ISBN
2910:ISBN
2168:Tsel
2044:and
2032:Oslo
2000:and
1992:and
1986:Vigo
1936:VAdm
1911:T190
1887:VAdm
1690:and
1678:and
1666:and
1576:VAdm
1564:KAdm
1403:Elbe
1297:G110
1210:and
1047:Czar
976:was
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954:was
952:keel
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792:beam
692:VAdm
646:Tsel
638:and
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457:SMS
446:Deck
434:Belt
415:guns
408:guns
401:guns
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322:6 Ă
316:8 Ă
288:Beam
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194:Name
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113:Kiel
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