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Tuesday 4 July 2023

German protected cruiser SMS Hertha 1895-1920

Source Bundesarchive RM 3/22928 French photo album 1900

Ordered as the ‘K’. Laid down by AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany with yard number 233 in 1895, launched on 14 April 1897, commissioned on 23 July 1898, stricken on 6 December 1919 and broken up in 1920. Part of the Victoria Louisa-class protected cruisers consisting of the Victoria Louise, Hertha, Freya, Vineta and Hansa, preceded by the Kaiserin Augusta and succeeded by the Fürst Bismarck.

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