German battleship Baden yet not completed according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1916/1917 no. 9

König-class

Bayern-class

Derfflinger-class

An item referred to a statement of a German sailor published in the Times saying that the new German battleship Baden (1) had a displacement of 30.000-35.000 ton and an armament of 8-38cm, 16-15cm quick firing guns and 8-8,8cm quick firing guns. She was yet not completed although probably begin March commissioned. Speed was 25 miles against the 31 of the Lutzow. The Hindenburg (2) was to be commissioned at the same time as the Baden.

Note
1. The Bayern-class, designed between 1910-1912, consisted of the Bayern, Baden, Sachsen and Württemberg, preceded by the König-class and was to be succeeded by the never realized L20a-class. Built under the Naval Law of 1912 when additionally budget was approved after the so-called Agadir crisis in April 1911 when French troops supported the Moroccan sultan in a rebellion. Germany sent the gunboat SMS Panther (later replaced by the cruiser SMS Berlin) to Agadir to test the relationship between France and the United Kingdom. In fact also the protection and expansion and of German colonial interests in Africa. Laid down at Schichau-Werke, Danzig with yard number 913 in December 1913, launched on 30 October 1915, commissioned on 14 March 1917, beached in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands on 21 June 1919 and sunk as a target on 16 August 1921. Building costs 49 million Goldmarks.
2. 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 Islands on 21 June 1919.