sms majesty ship fifth ship class pre dreadnought battleships german_imperial_navy laid vulcan shipyard stettin finished sisters capital ships built navy law brought admiral armed main battery centimeter guns speed knots mph spent period active duty career squadron german fleet period participated peacetime routine training cruises exercises start world war august ship mobilized sisters saw limited duty baltic_sea russian naval forces guard ship north_sea threat submarines naval mines grown significantly coupled severe shortages personnel forced withdraw ship active service january remainder career served prison ship barracks ship based kiel ship stricken navy list january sold scrapping following year description long overall beam draft forward ship powered cylinder vertical triple expansion engines drove screws steam provided coal fired boilers coal fired cylindrical boilers powerplant rated metric horsepower ihp gave speed knots mph crew officers enlisted men main armament consisted main battery guns twin gun turrets fore aft central superstructure secondary armament consisted eighteen inch guns quick firing guns weaponry rounded torpedo tubes submerged hull bow stern broadside armored belt millimeters thick central portion protected magazines machinery spaces deck thick main battery turrets armor plating service history keel laid vulcan stettin construction number ordered contract new unit fleet vessel member class battleships built direction state secretary admiral according terms navy law vessel class launched november ceremony attended grand duke fitting work proceeded faster sister commissioned year ship cost totaled marks following commissioning began sea trials lasted mid december assigned alongside battleships der kaiser enter drydock imperial shipyard wilhelmshaven minor improvements repairs following trials work lasted end february completion modifications took individual squadron training exercises fleet review visiting british king edward vii june following month german fleet went cruise britain netherlands norway lasted august participated annual autumn fleet exercises took place late august september winter training cruise november december starting mid december went dock wilhelmshaven periodic maintenance work lasted beginning march emerging drydock joined sister ship cruise kiel steaming great belt march struck reef denmark stuck sister light cruiser sent assist pulling free reef steamed kiel power dockyard workers discovered large repair work completed wilhelmshaven april participated normal routine training cruises maneuvers rest fleet remainder year period visited german fleet moored mid february end march wilhelmshaven annual overhaul training routine continued incident early april major accident broadside torpedo rooms nearly sank ship water began flood ship stopped sealing torpedo tubes outside repairs lasted participated training cruise azores july august won kaiser accurate gunnery squadron battleship mid december returned wilhelmshaven yearly overhaul years passed pattern training cruises maneuvers previous years began annual overhaul december returned service march briefly july replaced new dreadnought battleship decommissioned removed active duty assigned north_sea transferred baltic returned briefly active service north_sea baltic august september participate fleet exercises year maneuvers served iii squadron world war outbreak world war august rest class mobilized serve battle squadron command vice admiral squadron initially allocated north_sea temporarily transferred baltic september starting september squadron assisted armored cruiser conducted sweep eastern baltic direction islands operation lasted september failed bring russian naval units battle squadron participated demonstration following day december april rest squadron assigned guard duty north_sea based mouth including transferred support german_army baltic_sea area sisters based kiel participated sweep provided support assault ships stood order intercept russian cruisers try intervene landings russians attempt invasion force entered british submarines hms spotted squadron far away attack conclusion operation rest squadron returned guard duties lasted july following day departed kiel preparation major operation baltic proceeded danzig july departed sweep patrol western followed july steamed danzig august joined foray august sisters included german fleet assaulted august escorts increasingly active british submarines forced germans employ destroyers protect capital ships took sweeps september december ran aground entrance harbor towed free suffering damage replace worn armored cruiser reconnaissance forces fleet baltic sisters removed service shortly stage war german_navy facing severe shortages crews older effective warships addition loss armored cruiser russian mines increasing threat british submarines russian mines baltic convinced german navy withdraw elderly class ships active service january left bound kiel arriving following day decommissioned january placed reserve initially based kiel floating prison early barracks ship crews boats repaired kiel ship briefly retained german defeat end world war discarded terms treaty versailles limited formed pre dreadnought battleships classes operational given time accordingly january stricken naval register sold ship builder based kiel august marks broken scrap metal year
SMS Mecklenburg