Deutschland-class
An item reported that the German battleship Pommern (1) achieved on the measured mile off Neukrug in deep water with 122 rpm and 20.400ihp horsepower a peed of 19,21 miles. During gun exercises in the roads of Kiel, Germany in the first week of September was a 17cm gun (turret) fired in the keel line direction hitting a 28cm gun which was turned in the broadside and destroying a part of the barrel.
Note
1. Laid down at the AG Vulcan yard at Stettin under contract name ‘P’, on 22 March 1904, launched on 2 December 1905 (intention was 19 November but prevented by too low water level), commissioned on 6 August 1907 and lost with her complete crew in the Battle of Jutland against the British fleet on 1 June 1916 when she was hit one by the British battle cruiser HMS Indomitable and 1 or 2 torpedoes fired by the British destroyer HM Onslaught causing an explosion in one of her 17cm/6.7” gun ammunition magazines. 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.
