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Wednesday, 26 December 2018

German armoured ship 1st class SMS Wörth 1890-1919

Opening Kiel Canal, Kiel, Germany, June 1895


Of the Brandenburg-class consisting of the Brandenburg, Weissenburg, Wörth and Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, succeeded by Kaiser Friedrich III-class. Laid down by Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany in May 1890, launched on 6 August 1892, commissioned on 31 October 1893, coastal defence ships 1914, barracks ship 1916,  and broken up at Danzig in 1919.