Wednesday, 26 February 2025

German battleship SMS Prinzregent Luitpold launched according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 22 February 1912

Helgoland-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Kaiser-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

König-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

At the Germania shipyard was in the presence of the German Emperor Wilhelm II the German battleship Luitpold launched.(1)

Note

1. Part of Kaiser-class preceded by Helgoland succeeded by König-class, laid down under contract name “Ersatz Odin” by Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany in October 1910, launched on 17 February 1912, commissioned on 19 August 1913, scuttled at Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919, raised in 1931 and broken up in 1933. 

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