German battle cruiser SMS (ex-Ersatz Hertha) Hindenburg launched according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1915-1916 no. 3

SMS Hindenburg

Derfflinger-class

An item reported that on 1 August at the Imperial navy yard at Wilhelmshaven, Germany the German armoured cruiser Hindenburg was launched, during her building known as the Ersatz Hertha. She was built under the program 1913.(1)

Note
1. Part of the Derfflinger-class battle cruisers of which the building was ordered under the 1912-1913 Naval Program. Her design was somewhat modernized. She was laid down on 1 October 1913, launched on 1 August 1915, commissioned on 10 May 1917 and scuttled by her own crew in Scapa Flow, Orkney on 21 June 1919.