German navy wanted to build more battleships and cruisers according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1905-1906 no. 9

SMS Schlesien

SMS Scharnhorst

An item referred to the magazine Le Yacht reporting that the German navy asked for a budget needed for building the battleships “Q“ (1) and “R” (2) , the large cruiser “D“ (3), 2 smaller cruisers Ersatz Wacht (4) and Ersatz Blitz (5), a gunboat and a river gunboat for East Asia and ships for removing. For the mine-service was a new corps numbering 300 men to be founded.

Notes
1. The “Q’ was the Schleswig-Holstein, laid down at the Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany on 18 August 1905. Of the Deutschland-class with a displacement of 13.200 tons/12,992 long tons (normal)-14.218 tons/13.993 long tons(full loaded) and an armament of 2x2-28c,/11”guns, 14-17cm/6.7” guns, 22-8,8cm/3.5” guns and 5-45cm?18” torpedo tubes.
2. The “R” was the Schlesien. Laid down at the Schichau-Werke, Danzig, Germany on 19 November 1904. Of the Deutschland-class with a displacement of 13.200 tons/12,992 long tons (normal)-14.218 tons/13.993 long tons(full loaded) and an armament of 2x2-28c,/11”guns, 14-17cm/6.7” guns, 22-8,8cm/3.5” guns and 5-45cm?18” torpedo tubes.
3. The “D’ was the armoured cruiser Scharnhorst. Laid down at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany with yard number 175 on 3 January 1905, launched on 22 June 1906, commissioned on 24 October 1907 and sunk in a battle with the British fleet during the so-called Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914. 4.
4. The Stettin of the Köningsberg-class of light cruisers. Laid down at the AG Vulkan shipyard, Stettin, Germany in 1906, launched on 7 March 1907, commissioned on 29 October 1907, stricken on 5 November 1919, ceded to the United Kingdom in 1920 following by her breaking up between 1921-1923.
5. The Nürnberg of the Köningsberg-class of light cruisers. Laid down at the Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany in 1906, launched on 28 April 1906, commissioned on 10 April 1908 and sunk in the Battle of the Falkland Islands against the Royal British Navy on 8 December 1914.