Germany allowed to to keep major ships to be used as motherships according to the Weekly Intelligence Summary No. 15 for the week ending 29 March 1919

Braunschweig-class

Wittelsbach-class

Medusa as anti aircraft battery anno 1940

Strassburg as Italian Taranto

An item reported the in carrying out of the Naval Terms of Armistice by Germany the present position dealing with the surface warships. With the terms was generally spoken complied with, 3 inspections were carried with a fourth planned on the 3rd. Germany was alllowed to use as mother ships for the minesweepers the 2 old Preussen-class battleships Preussen (1) and Lothringen (2), 2 old Wittelsbach-class battleships Schwaben (3) and Zahringen (4), 2 old Thetis-class light cruisers Arcona (5) and Medusa (6) and the light cruiser Strassburg (7) as leader of the minesweeping fleet.

Notes

1. Part of Braunschweig-class battleships, preceded by Wittelsbach-class succeeded by Deutschland-class, laid down by AG Vulcan, Stettin, Germany in April 1902, launched on 30 October 1903, completed on 12 July 1905, stricken on 5 April 1929 and broken up in 1931 except for a section of the hull used as target and finally scrapped in 1954.

2. Part of Braunschweig-class battleships, preceded by Wittelsbach-class succeeded by Deutschland-class, laid down by Schichau-Werken, Danzig, Germany on 1 December 1902, launched on 27 May 1904, completed on 18 May 1906, decommisioned on 2 March 1920, placed in reserve, stricken in March 1931 and sold to be broken up in 1931.

3. Part of Wittelsbach-class pre-dreadnought battleships, preceded by Kaiser Friedrich III-class succeeded by Braunschweig-class, laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 15 September 1900, launched on 19 August 1901, commissioned on 13 April 1904, stricken on 8 March 1921 and same year broken up.

4. 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.

5. Part of Gazelle-class light cruisers, preceded by SMS Hela succeeded by Bremen-class, laid down by AG Weser, Bremen, Germany in 1901, launched on 22 April 1902, commissioned on 12 May 1903, deommissioned in February 1920, recommissioned as training cruiser on 25 May 1921, decommissioned on 1 December 192, stricken on 15 January 1930, recommissioned as anti-aicraft battery in May 1940, scutlled on 3 May 1945 and broken up between 1948-1949.

6. Part of Gazelle-class light cruisers, preceded by SMS Hela succeeded by Bremen-class, laid down by AG Weser, Bremen, Germany on 22 January 1900, launched on 5 December 1900, commissioned on 26 July 1901, between 1924-1940 barrack ship, converted into a anti-aircraft battery in July 1940, scuttled on 3 May 1945 and broken up between 1948-1950.

7. Part of Magdeburg-class light cruisers, preceded by Kolberg-class succeeded by Karlsruhe-class, laid down by Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germnay in 1910, launched on 24 August 1911, commissioned on 9 October 1912, ceded to Italy in 1920, renamed Taranto, sunk finally during an air attack in September 1944 and broken up between 1946-1947.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-24-77-68