German Nassau-class battleships
An item reported that the Dutch N.V. Frank Rijsdijk’s Industrieele Ondernemingen te Hendrik Ido Ambacht, Netherlands bought the 18.900 ton former German battleship Nassau (built in 1900) to break her up.(1) After the First World War was she awarded to Japan, but Japan sold her British ship-breakers to be broken up. She was partially broken up by them but then resold. The Dutch ocean going tugs Zwarte Zee and Lauwerzee departed in the afternoon of 31 December 1922 from the Tyne towing the Nassau. On the 2nd at 12.00 o’clock were they on the position 53.50 north and 1.56 east.
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1. Laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 22 July 1907, launched on 7 March 1908, commissioned on 1 October 1909, handed over to Japan in April 1920, sold to a British wrecking firm in June 1920 and finally broken up at Dordrecht, Netherlands in 1920. Of the Nassau-class consisting of the Nassau. Posen, Rheinland and Westfalen. They were built to replace the Sachsen-class under the temporarily names Ersatz Bayern, Ersatz Sachsen, Ersatz Württemberg and Ersatz Baden.
