Brandenburg-class
An item reported that during manoeuvres of the German fleet the SMS Baden (1) rammed the Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm (2) damaging the latter ship badly. Just by closing the watertight compartments at time was she kept floating and could be docked at Kiel, Germany.
Notes
1. Of the Sachsen-class armoured frigates consisting of the Sachsen, Bayern, Baden and Württemberg, preceded by the Kaiser-class and succeeded by the Oldenburg. Laid down a the Imperial Dockyard at Kiel, Germany in 1876, launched on 28 July 1880, commissioned on 24 September 1883, stricken on 24 October 1910, target hull 1920s-1930s and broken up at Kiel in 1939-1940.
2. Of the Brandenburg-class consisting Brandenburg, Wörth, Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and Weissenburg, succeeded by the Kaiser Friedrich III-class. This class was the first ocean-going German battleships succeeding the coastal defence ships of the Siegfried and Odin-classes. Vice admiral Alexander von Monts (1) and a team started late 1888 with designing the Brandenburg-class. Von Monts was also responsible for getting the building budget approved. Building ordered as ‘D’, laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany with yard number 13 in 1890, launched on 30 June 1891, commissioned on 19 November 1893, modernized in 1904 in the dry docks at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany in included the adding of a second conning tower in the aft superstructure with gangway, reducing the hamper amidships, replacing the boilers. All together caused the modernisation an increased displacement, sold to Turkey, renamed Barbaros Hayreddin and sunk by British submarine HMS E 11 off Bolayr, Sea of Marmara on 8 August 1915. Building costs 16.054.000 million mark.
