sms sms majesty ship german pre dreadnought battleship class marine built danzig laid november completed october cost marks sister ships capital ships built navy law brought admiral saw active duty squadron german fleet majority career start world war august ship mobilized sisters saw limited duty baltic_sea russian forces threat british submarines forced ship withdraw remainder war served training ship navy cadets depot ship end war ship stricken navy list sold scrapping bell currently display der dresden description long overall beam draft forward aft ship powered cylinder vertical triple expansion engines drove screws steam provided naval cylindrical coal fired water tube boilers powerplant rated metric horsepower ihp generated speed knots mph crew officers enlisted men armament consisted main battery guns twin gun turrets fore aft central superstructure secondary armament consisted eighteen inch guns quick firing guns armament suite rounded torpedo tubes water swivel mounts armored belt millimeters thick central portion protected magazines machinery spaces deck thick main battery turrets armor plating service history keel laid october danzig construction number ordered contract new unit fleet vessel member class battleships built direction state secretary admiral according terms navy law launched june king albert member gave speech ceremony august crew men took ship kiel sea trials supervised rear admiral trials kaiser aboard yacht reviewed august ship commissioned october member class enter service ship cost totaled marks commissioned fleet resumed sea trials completed january assigned squadron fleet replaced battleship march sent assist sister ship run aground great belt year german fleet reorganized squadrons battleships assigned alongside sister ships german fleet time consisted ship division squadron ship divisions supported reconnaissance division composed armored cruisers protected cruisers class battleships powerful battleships built germany beginning enter service provided navy ships form second battle squadron composed ships fleet renamed high seas fleet starting employed artillery training ship german gunners work lasted world war sisters removed active service placed reserve squadron outbreak world war august rest class mobilized serve battle squadron command vice admiral starting september squadron assisted armored cruiser conducted sweep baltic operation lasted september failed bring russian naval units battle including transferred support german_army baltic_sea area sisters based kiel squadron ships tasked providing support assault ships stood order intercept russian cruisers try intervene landings russians attempt invasion force entered british submarines hms spotted squadron far away attack sister ships included german fleet assaulted august escorts increasingly active british submarines forced germans employ destroyers protect capital ships increasing threat british submarines baltic convinced german navy withdraw elderly class ships active service subsequently training ship naval cadets acted depot ship ship stricken naval register march sold ship breakers november broken scrap following year bremen bell display der dresden
SMS Wettin