German battleship Thuringen launched according to the Dutch newspaper Het Centrum dated 30 November 1909

Helgoland-class

At Gröpelingen was the battleship Ersats Beowulf launched baptized by the grand duchess of Sachsen in Th(ringen while her husband made a speech. She was the seventh German dreadnought and the third of the improved type. She was even larger as the recently launched Nassau, fitted out with 23 screws and a crew of almost 1,000 men.

Note
1. Correct indication is Ersatz Beowulf, a former coastal defence ship. Of the Helgoland class with as sister ships Helgoland, Ostfriesland and Oldenburg. Laid down on the yard of AG Weser, Bremen, Germany on 2 November 1908 , launched on 27 November a year later, commissioned on 1 July 1911, decommissioned on 16 December 1918, used since then as barracks, stricken on 5 November 1919, as a result of the Treaty of Versailles became she French property on 29 April a year later, brought to Cherbourg, France, used as the target ship ‘L’ by the French navy and sunk off Gavres. She was between 1923-1933 partly broken up there although nowadays still partly existing at the place where she sunk. With a displacement of 22,808 metric tons/22,448 long tons (design)-24,700 tons/24,300 long tons (full load) were her dimensions 167,20 x 28,50 x 8,94 metres or 55.71 x 94.05 x 29.50 feet. Her 3 shaft four cylinder vertical triple expansion steam engines and 15 boilers provided 22,000 ihp (other sources said 34,000 ihp) allowing a speed of 20,8-21,7 knots and a range of 5,500 nautical miles with a speed of 10 knots and a coal bunker capacity of 900 tons. Her crew numbered 1,069-1,107 men. The armour consisted of a 30cm (12”) belt, a 6,36cm (2.5”) deck while the turrets were protected by 30cm (12”). The armament consisted of 6x2-30,5cm (12”) guns, 14-15cm (5.9”) guns, 14-8.8cm (3.5”) guns and 6-50cm (19.7”) torpedo tubes.