Anonymous German battleship sunk in the Baltic according to the Dutch newspaper De Tijd dated 13 July 1915

SMS Deutschland

An item dated London, England 12 July reported that the officers and the crew of a British submarine were decorated by the Russian tsar with the Cross of St. George for sinking a German battleship in the Baltic. The Germans still not confirmed such a loss. The newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 5 July published an item dated Petrograd, Russia 4 July reported that a submarine launched on 2 July two torpedoes sinking a German battleship of the Deutschland-class.(1)

Note

1. Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleship consisted of 5 ships, all survived the First World War except for the SMS Pommern which was sunk in the Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916. Preceded by Braunschweig-class and succeeded by Nassau-class.