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SMS Wittelsbach of the
The Wittelsbach Class of German battleships of the Imperial German
navy were improved Kaiser class Battleships, designed in 1897 to
1898. they were the first ships to be ordered by Tirpitsz's new
navy law of 1898. SMS Wittelsbach was built at the
Wilhelmshaven Imperial Dockyard and launched 3rd July 1900
and commissioned into the German navy on the 15th October 1902.
served with the fleet until during the first part of world war one
tas
part of the 4th squadron but proved to be slow and vulnerable and
were decommissioned. during 1916. Wittelbach was disarmed.. soon after Wittelsbach became
a depot ship for
minesweeping motor launches each carrying 12. shallow draught F -
type minesweepers of the Reichsmarine, being used in this role between in 1919 finally
being stricken 8th march 1921 and sold for 3,561,000 German marks
and scrapped at Wilhelmshaven starting on the 7th July 1921
Displacement: 12,596 tons, Sped: 17.5 knots.
Armament: Four 240mm Guns in pairs, Eighteen 150mm, twelve
88mm and twelve MG's Six 450mm Torpedo Tubes.
Complement: 683 |
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SMS Wittelsbach |
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SMS Wittelsbach
A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
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Wittelsbach.
A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
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Wittelsbach. Photo sent in
by Jane Osmond |
SMS Wittelsbach. Sent in by Ian
Martin.
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emailed by contributor. Not available for purchase.) |
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