German battleship Thüringen executed with success her trial according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens dated 1911 No. 10

Nassau-class

Helgoland-classs

Kaiser-class

An item reported that the German battleship Thüringen achieved on her trial a maximum horsepower of 34.000 ihp against the contract 28.000 hp. Maximum achieved speed was 21,075 knots.(1)

Note

1. The Ersatz Beowulf (former coastal defence ship). Of the Helgoland class with as sister ships Helgoland, Ostfriesland and Oldenburg, preceded by Nassau-class and succeeded by Kaiser-class. Laid down on the yard of AG Weser, Bremen, Germany on 2 November 1908 , launched on 27 November a year later, commissioned on 1 July 1911, decommissioned on 16 December 1918, used since then as barracks, stricken on 5 November 1919, as a result of the Treaty of Versailles became she French property on 29 April a year later, brought to Cherbourg, France, used as the target ship ‘L’ by the French navy and sunk off Gavres. She was between 1923-1933 partly broken up there although nowadays still partly existing at the place where she sunk.