SMS Schlesien was the fourth ship of the Deutschland-class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was laid down in 1904, launched in May 1906, and commissioned in May 1908. Like her sisters, she was already outdated on completion due to the commissioning of HMS Dreadnought in 1906. She took part in patrols and fleet sorties in the North Sea and saw minor action at the Battle of Jutland, where a near miss killed one sailor and wounded another. By 1917, she was relegated to secondary duties as the High Seas Fleet prioritised dreadnoughts. After the war, Schlesien was one of the few battleships Germany was permitted to retain under the Treaty of Versailles.In 1944–45, Schlesien was pressed into service as a support ship for shore bombardment and training in the final desperate months of the war. She was heavily damaged by a British air-dropped naval mine in May 1945 off Swinemünde. Scuttled in shallow water, her wreck was scrapped after the war.

SMS Schlesien was the fourth ship of the Deutschland-class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was laid down in 1904, launched in May 1906, and commissioned in May 1908. Like her sisters, she was already outdated on completion due to the commissioning of HMS Dreadnought in 1906. She took part in patrols and fleet sorties in the North Sea and saw minor action at the Battle of Jutland, where a near miss killed one sailor and wounded another. By 1917, she was relegated to secondary duties as the High Seas Fleet prioritised dreadnoughts. After the war, Schlesien was one of the few battleships Germany was permitted to retain under the Treaty of Versailles.In 1944–45, Schlesien was pressed into service as a support ship for shore bombardment and training in the final desperate months of the war. She was heavily damaged by a British air-dropped naval mine in May 1945 off Swinemünde. Scuttled in shallow water, her wreck was scrapped after the war.

German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schlesien
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SMS Pommern was the second ship of the Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleships (along with her sisters Deutschland, Schleswig-Holstein, Schlesien, and Hannover) of the Imperial German Navy. Built at the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin, she was laid down in 1903, launched in December 1905, and commissioned in August 1907. As with her sister ships Deutschland, Hannover, Schlesien, and Schleswig-Holstein, Pommern was already obsolete when completed, as HMS Dreadnought had entered service in 1906 and rendered earlier battleship designs outclassed. Pommern was sunk at the Battle of Jutland

SMS Pommern was the second ship of the Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Pommern was sunk at the Battle of Jutland
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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Mecklenburg - Destination's Journey Photographs of the German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Mecklenburg of the Wittelsbach-class. Played a minor role in the First World War

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SMS Deutschland a pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Commissioned in August 1906. Obsolete by WW1, she saw little action #battleship #HighSeasFleet #ImperialGermanNavy #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #Predreadnought #SMSDeutschland www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m...

German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Hannover - Destination's Journey Photographs of the Imperial German Navy pre-Dreadnought Deutschland-class battleship SMS Hannover. Launched in 1905

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SMS Hessen was the third ship of the Braunschweig-class battleships (along with her sister ships Braunschweig, Lothringen, Elsass and Preussen) built for the Imperial German Navy in the early 20th century. Named after the Grand Duchy of Hesse, she was laid down at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel in 1902, launched on 18 September 1903, and commissioned on 19 September 1905.

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German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Braunschweig - Destination's Journey Photos of the German pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Braunschweig, lead ship of her class. Operations in the Gulf of Riga in WW1

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During November 1918, Germany’s Hochseeflotte (High Seas Fleet) in the North Sea. The portion of the fleet is seen from the crow’s nest of the battleship SMS Großer Kurfürst.

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As seen from her sister SMS Westfalen, the SMS Rheinland sits at anchor with the rest of Germany’s High Sea Fleet in the background.

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