Deutschland-class
An item reported that the German emperor Wilhelm wished the Stettiner Maschinebau Actien Gesellschaft Vulkan success with the trials of the newly built German battleship Pommern.(1)
Note
1. Laid down at the AG Vulcan yard at Stettin under contract name ‘P’, on 22 March 1904, launched on 2 December 1905 (intention was 19 November bu prevented by too low water level), commissioned on 6 August 1907 and lost with her complete crew in the Battle of Jutland against the British fleet on 1 June 1916 when she was hit one by the British battle cruiser HMS Indomitable and 1 or 2 torpedoes fired by the British destroyer HM Onslaught causing an explosion in one of her 17cm/6.7” gun ammunition magazines. Of the Deutschland-class consisting of the Deutschland, Hannover, Pommern, Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein. Preceded by the Braunschweig-class and succeeded by the Nassau-class.
