German battleship SMS Zähringen collided with torpedo boat according to the Dutch newspaper Bataviaasch nieuwsblad dated 16 September 1912

Wittelsbach-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Zähringen as target©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item dated Berlin, Germany 15th reported that during the fleet manoeuvres off North Heligoland a German torpedo boat collided with the German battleship SMS Zähringen and sunk. Seven of the crewmembers of the torpedo boat were missing.(1)

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1. Part of pre-dreadnought battleships Wittelsbach-class preceded by Kaiser Friedrich III-class, succeeded by Braunschweig-class, laid down at the Germaniawerft at Kiel, Germany in November 1899, launched 12 June 1901, commissioned 25 October 1902, in 1917 fitted out as a target ship, April 1919 decommissioned, stricken on 11 March 1920 and disarmed, until 1926 serving as a hulk was she in 1927-1928 rebuilt as a wireless controlled target ship, on 18 December 1944 sunk by British planes in Gotenhafen [Gdynia, Poland], was she raised and deliberately scuttled as a block ship on 26 March 1945 and finally in the years 1949-1950 broken up.