An item referred to the magazine le Yacht reporting that the SMS Nassau achieved at her trial a speed of 20,7 miles with a full armament, full victuals holds and standard crew.(1)
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1. Laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft, Wilhelmshaven, Germany as Ersatz Bayern on 22 July 1907, launched on 7 March 1908, commissioned on 1 October 1909, handed over to Japan in April 1920, sold to a British wrecking firm in June 1920 and finally broken up at Dordrecht, Netherlands in 1920. Of the Nassau-class consisting of the Nassau. Posen, Rheinland and Westfalen. They were built to replace the Sachsen-class under the temporarily names Ersatz Bayern, Ersatz Sachsen, Ersatz Württemberg and Ersatz Baden.
