German battleship Schlesien sunk according to the Dutch newspaper De tribune dated 16 November 1918

Deutschland-class

Schlesien

An item dated Berlin, Germany 15th reported that the German battleship Schlesien (built 1916 of 13.200 tons) underway towards Norway to avoid being interned in Denmark was torpedoed by a warship flying a red flag and she sunk taking with her 450 men. The item was also confirmed by other newspaper like the Tilburgsche courant of the 15th (1)

Note
1, Laid down at the Schichau Werft, Danzig under the contract name ‘R’) on 19 November 1904, launched on 28 May 1906, completed/fitted out at Kiel, Germany after 28 May 1908, commissioned on 5 May 1908, served for a short period as torpedo trials vessel, trials between 6 July-5 September 1908, modernized in the 1920’s, converted into a training ship after May 1935, temporarily used as ice breaker for submarines in 1939 and in March 1941 when escorting minelayers active in the Baltic, next converted into a barracks ship at Gotenhafen, Germany, rearmed with anti aircraft guns to protect as a air defence ship the harbour of Gotenhafen, used to evacuate wounded military returning from the front and deliberately beached when she shit  a mine off Zinnowitz, Swinemünde on 3 May 1945, able to support the evacuation of German forces while her main guns were still operable as being above the water level and finally broken up en situ between 1949-1956. Remains of her could still be seen in 1970.Of the Deutschland-class consisting of the Deutschland, Hannover, Pommern, Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein. Preceded by the Braunschweig-class and succeeded by the Nassau-class. Displacement 13.200 (normal)-14.318 (full load) tons.