Bayern-class
An item dated Berlin, Germany 12th referred to the German newspaper Tägliche Rundschau reporting that since some time ago the two new battleships Baden (1) and Bayern (2) of which the building started at the outbreak of the war [First World War] ware added to the fleet.
Notes
1. The Bayern-class, designed between 1910-1912, consisted of the Bayern, Baden, Sachsen and Württemberg, preceded by the König-class and was to be succeeded by the never realized L20a-class. Built under the Naval Law of 1912 when additionally budget was approved after the so-called Agadir crisis in April 1911 when French troops supported the Moroccan sultan in a rebellion. Germany sent the gunboat SMS Panther (later replaced by the cruiser SMS Berlin) to Agadir to test the relationship between France and the United Kingdom. In fact also the protection and expansion and of German colonial interests in Africa. Laid down at Schichau-Werke, Danzig with yard number 913 in December 1913, launched on 30 October 1915, commissioned on 14 March 1917, beached in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands on 21 June 1919 and sunk as a target on 16 August 1921. Building costs 49 million Goldmarks.
2. The Bayern-class, designed between 1910-1912, consisted of the Bayern, Baden, Sachsen and Württemberg, preceded by the König-class and was to be succeeded by the never realized L20a-class. Built under the Naval Law of 1912 when additionally budget was approved after the so-called Agadir crisis in April 1911 when French troops supported the Moroccan sultan in a rebellion. Germany sent the gunboat SMS Panther (later replaced by the cruiser SMS Berlin) to Agadir to test the relationship between France and the United Kingdom. In fact also the protection and expansion and of German colonial interests in Africa. Ordered under the temporarily name ‘T’. Laid down at the Holwaldtswerke, Kiel with yard number 590 in August 1913, launched on 18 February 1915, commissioned on 15 July 1916, participated in operation Albion (annihilating Russian naval forces in the Gulf or Riga but heavily damaged while hitting a mine on 12 October 1917, repairs between 3 November-27 December 1917, scuttled at Scape Flow, Orkney Islands on 21 June 1919, salvaged on 1 September 1934 and broken up at Rosyth, Scotland.
