The location of the German warships at Danzig [nowadays Gdansk, Poland] in April 1919

Wittelsbach-class

Zähringen as target

Brandenburg-class

Siegfried-class

Hildebrand beached at Scheveningen, Netherlands

Battleships Zähringen (1), guns on board but decommissioned and the hulked Wörth (2) and Brandenburg (3) both without guns and funnels. Coast defence ships Hagen (4) and Hildebrand (5) both hulked and without guns and the Beowulf (6) with guns on board, now fitted out as icebreaker and fitted out to go to sea within 15 days. Cruisers Stettin camouflaged, Danzig, Kaiserin Augusta, Nautilus (minelayer) decommissioned but with guns on board, Victoria-Louise disarmed and Grefion hulked. Torpedo boats T-21, 79 unserviceable and too small, T-91, 97, 101, 104, 106, 114 and 147 were under reconstruction as minesweepers. Minesweepers FM-14, 34 ready for service but still uncommissioned.

Notes

1. Part of Wittelsbach-class pre-dreadnought battleships, preceded by Kaiser Friedrich III-class succeeded by Braunschweig-class, laid down at the Germaniawerft at Kiel, Germany in November 1899, launched 12 June 1901, commissioned 25 October 1902, in 1917 fitted out as a target ship, April 1919 decommissioned, stricken on 11 March 1920 and disarmed, until 1926 serving as a hulk was she in 1927-1928 rebuilt as a wireless controlled target ship (1), on 18 December 1944 sunk by British planes in Gotenhafen, was she raised and deliberately scuttled as a block ship on 26 March 1945 and finally in the years 1949-1950 broken up. Her sister ships were the Wittelbasch, Wettin, Schwaben (2) and Mecklenburg. Building costs £ 1,071,250.

2. Part of Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships, succeeded by Kaiser Friedrich III- class, laid down by Germania Werft, Kiel on 3 March 1890, launched on 6 August 1892, commissioned on 31 October 1903, became in 1914 coastal defence ship, used by 1916 as barracks ship, conversion into a cargo ship not realized and broken up in 1919.

3. Part of Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships, succeeded by Kaiser Friedrich III- class, laid down by AG Vulcan Stettin [nowdays Szcezecin, Poland] with yard number 198 in May 1890, launched on 21 September 1891, commisssioned on 19 November 1893, withdrawn for actual service in December 1915, used as barrack ship and water distillation factory, to be rebuilt into a target in 1919, stricken on 13 May 1919 and broken up in 1920.

4. Of the Siegfried-class consisting of the Siegfried, Beowulf, Frithjof, Heimdall, Hildebrand and Hagen, named after Norse mythological figures. Preceded by the Oldenburg-class and succeeded by the Odin-class. Within short time due the rapid technical evolution was this class outdated and were the Siegfried, Beowulf and Frithjof to be replaced by the Helgoland-class battleships Helgoland, Thüringen and Oldenburg and the Heimdall, Hildebrand and Hagen by the Kaiser, Friederich der Grosse and Kaiserin of the Kaiser-class battleships. Ordered as “S”, laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in September 1891, launched on 21 October 1893, commissioned on 2 October 1894, demobilized and crew transferred within the navy on 31 August 1915,  since then barracks ship at Libau [Liepaja, Latvia], Danzig [now Poland] and Warnemünde, stricken on 17 June 1919 and sold to the Norddeutsche Tiefbaugesellschaft, Berling, Germany to be broken up which was executed in the Netherlands.  

5. Of the Siegfried-class. Ordered as “R”, laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft, Kiel, Germany in 1890, launched in 6 August 1892, commissioned on 28 October 1893, de mobilized, crew transferred within the navy and barracks ship at Windau, since 1915, stricken on 17 June 1919, run aground off Scheveningen, Netherlands on 21 December 1919 and broken up en situ.

6. Of the Siegfried-class. Ordered as ‘P”, laid down at AG Weser, Bremen, Germany with yard number 100 in 1890, launched on 8 November 1890, commissioned on 1 April 1890, rebuilt in 1900-1902, demobilized and becoming target ship for submarines in 1915, served as ice breaker in the Baltic Sea in 1918, stricken on 17 June 1919, sold to Norddeutscher Tiefbaugesellschaft, Berlin, Germany to be broken up, which was executed at Danzig in 1921. 

Sources

Information concerning the U.S. Navy and other navies. Office of Naval Intelligence July, 1919

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