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Tuesday, 6 June 2023

German battleship SMS Weißenburg 1890-1910 and Turkish Turgut Reis 1910-1957

Source Bundesarchive RM 3/22928 French photo album 1900


Brandenburg-class

Part of Brandenburg-class battleships succeeded by Kaiser Friedrich III-class. Laid down by AG Vulkan, Stettin, Germany with yard number 199 in May 1890, launched on 14 December 1891, commissioned on 14 October 1894, sold to the Ottoman Empire on 12 September 1910, renamed Turgut Reis, training ship after 1918 until 1933, barracks ship since then and scrapped up between 1950-1957. 

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