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Sunday, 6 August 2023

German battleship SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II 1896-1922

Source Bundesarchive RM 3/22928 French photo album 1900


Part of Kaiser Friedrich III-class preceded by Brandenburg-class succeeded by Wittelsbach-class. Ordered under contract name Ersatz Friedrich der Grosse, laid down by Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany wiht yard number 24 on 26 October 1896, launched on 14 September 1897, commissioned on 13 February 1900, stricken on 71 March 1921 and broken up in 1922. 

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