Wittelsbach-class
An item referred to the magazine Schiffbau dated 10 September 1919 reporting that the mother ships Wittelsbach (1) and Schwaben were rebuilt at the Germania shipyard, each to be fitted out with 12 small minesweepers, for which purpose the upper deck was fitted out with special seats.
Notes
1. Building ordered under the contract name ‘C’, laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany with yard number 25 in September 1899, launched on 3 July 1900, commissioned on 15 October 1902, completed in the second half of 1902, since 1916 used for auxiliary purposes, minesweepers tender since 1919, stricken in July 1921 and sold to be broken up. Of the Wittelsbach-class built under the Naval Law of 1898, consisting of the Wittelsbach, Wettin, Zähringen, Schwaben and Mecklenburg precedent by the Kaiser Friederich III-class and succeeded by the Braunschweig-class.
2. Building ordered under the contract name ‘G’, laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 15 September 1900, launched on 19 August 1901, commissioned on 13 April 1904, cadet engineering training ship since 1916, F-type minesweepers depot ship in the Baltic since 1919, stricken on 8 March 1921 and broken up in 1921. Of the Wittelsbach-class built under the Naval Law of 1898, consisting of the Wittelsbach, Wettin, Zähringen, Schwaben and Mecklenburg precedent by the Kaiser Friederich III-class and succeeded by the Braunschweig-class.
