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Wednesday 12 July 2023

German battleship SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm 1890-1910 and Turkish Barbaros Hayreddin 1910-1915

Source Bundesarchive RM 3/22928 French photo album 1900

Brandenburg-class


Part of Brandenburg-class succeeded by Kaiser Friedrich III-class. Ordered as battleship D. Laid down by Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany in 1890, launched on 30 June 1901, commissioned on 29 April 1894, modernized 1904-1905, sold to the Ottoman Empire on 12 September 1910 and sunk by the British submarine HMS E111 off the Dardanelles on 8 August 1915. 

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