An item reported that the German navy was experimenting with tethered balloons for which purpose the training ship Mars (1) at Wihelmshaven, Germany was used by a detachment of the Airship division of Berlin, Germany. On 22 September reached the balloon a height of around 400 metres and on the 23rd and 27th were on sea tests executed. In both cases was the air in the balloons to be removed before the tests could start caused by the strong wind.
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1. Laid down as a gunnery training ship at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany in 1877, launched on 15 November 1879, commissioned on 1 March 1881, barracks hulk since 1908 at the Baltic naval station, stricken in 1914 and in 1921 was her hull sold and broken up at Lubeck, Germany.
