SMS Goeben
SMS Magdeburg
An item referred to rumours that the German squadron consisting of the Goeben (1), Breslau (2), Loreley, Geier and Hertha commanded by a rear admiral was to be stationed permanently in the Mediterranean and in wartime supervised by the Austrian naval command.
Notes
1. Moltke-class. Sister ship Moltke. Building ordered on 8 April 1909, laid down at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 28 August 1909, launched on 28 March 1911, commissioned on 2 July 1912, handed over to the Turkish government on 16 August 1914, renamed Yavuz Sultan Selim and commissioned in the Turkish.
2. Laid down at A.G. Vulcan, Stettin, Germany with yard number 312 in 1910, launched on 16 May 1911, commissioned on 10 may 1812, handed over to the Ottoman Empire on 16 August 1914, commissioned in the Ottoman navy as the Midilli and sunk after striking a mine off Imbros on 20 January 1918. Of the Magdeburg-class consisting of the Magdeburg, Breslau, Strassburg and Stralsund, preceded by the Kolberg-class and succeeded by the Karlsruhe-class.
