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Wednesday 29 March 2023

German and Greek warships under construction at AG Vulkan, Hamburg, Germany in April 1919

German König-class

German Bayern-class

Greek Salamis

The hull of the battleship Württemburg was launched and armor places, she was to became a base ship for minesweepers in the Baltic.(1)

The hull of the Salamis was launched and the armour and part of the superstructures in place. (2)

Notes

1. Part of Bayern-class battleships, preceded by König-class, succeeded by planned L 20e a-class and realized Scharnhorst-class, ordered as Ersatz Kaiser Wilhelm II, contract signed on 29 December 1914, laid down with yard number 386 on 4 January 1915, launched on 20 June 1917, stricken on 3 November 1919, sold to be broken up in 1921 and executed in 1922.  

2. Greek battle cruiser, sometimes also called Vasilefs Georgias, building ordered in 1912, laid down by AG Vulkan, Hamburg, Germany on 23 July 1913, launched on 11 November 1914, never completed and broken up in 1932

Source

Information concerning the U.S. Navy and other navies. Office of Naval Intelligence July, 1919 

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