sms sms majesty ship fourth ship class pre dreadnought battleships german_imperial_navy built laid completed april cost marks sisters capital ships built navy law brought admiral armed main battery centimeter guns speed knots mph spent majority career gunnery training ship frequently participated large scale fleet exercises period start world war august ship mobilized sisters saw limited duty north_sea guard ship baltic_sea russian forces threat british submarines forced ship withdraw baltic remainder war served engineering training ship navy cadets retained war reactivated period served depot ship type baltic june ship stricken navy list march sold scrapping year description long overall beam draft forward ship powered cylinder vertical triple expansion engines drove screws steam provided water tube cylindrical coal fired 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 system 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 september construction number ordered contract new unit fleet vessel member class battleships built direction admiral state secretary according terms navy law launched august launching ceremony king gave speech wife christened ship commissioned april ship class enter active service ship cost totaled marks dispute assigned commissioning april admiral fleet commander wanted ship assigned active duty squadron wanted use new battleship training vessel possessed cruisers ships won debate replace ancient ironclad frigate training squadron serve torpedo training ship departed wilhelmshaven passed baltic_sea arriving kiel sea trials struck northern tip island impact damaged meter length ship hull places repairs completed resumed trials lasted end trials interrupted annual autumn maneuvers joined active fleet north_sea january formally assigned artillery training ship replace old vessel mars ship based baltic armored cruisers training ships began annual routine gunnery training western baltic interrupted yearly gunnery drills entire high seas fleet october fleet exercises supported tender went drydock end october middle december year periodic maintenance participated exercises april annual fleet gunnery drills took place august annual overhaul completed early november march participated gunnery training fleet joined flagship coastal defense ship maneuvers coast july following month served flagship vice admiral training squadron fleet maneuvers north_sea directly conclusion fleet maneuvers mid september participated fleet gunnery drills year concluded overhaul wilhelmshaven training ships based baltic placed command rear admiral command high_seas_fleet world war year followed pattern previous year participate autumn fleet maneuvers instead remained exercises autumn maneuvers assigned flagship command admiral yearly overhaul guns fitted new motors produced germany test reliability foreign manufactured motors tests proved successful steaming december assist training ship heavy fog normal training routine half year assigned high_seas_fleet autumn maneuvers lasted august september served role replace battleships sold ottoman_empire start maneuvers october joined battleship steamed kiel yearly overhaul repairs lasted january served autumn maneuvers nassau classes dreadnought battleships entered service ships assigned displaced newer pre dreadnoughts classes iii battle squadrons result decommissioned wilhelmshaven december assigned north_sea briefly placed service briefly ship kiel returned service participate autumn maneuvers august september flagship von world war outbreak world war august rest class mobilized serve battle squadron command vice admiral reached combat readiness squadron employed defense force german bight usually stationed mouth operations baltic 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 period served flagship second command admiral squadron 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 increasingly active british submarines forced germans employ destroyers protect capital ships result sisters included german fleet assaulted august escorts august captain sea replaced aboard guard ship starting september november sisters left bound kiel late increasing threat british submarines baltic convinced german navy withdraw elderly class ships active service november steamed wilhelmshaven replaced der training ship engineers role held remainder war june rear admiral commander german battlecruiser squadron sent surviving battlecruisers dock repairs hipper stationed wilhelmshaven temporary command ship force repaired partially disarmed guns removed battery guns reduced weapons guns left aboard postwar service ship briefly retained end war reactivated service august according germany obliged sufficient vessels commission sweep mines large areas north baltic seas converted depot ship type assist meeting germany treaty obligations entailed removal remaining weaponry construction platforms hold assigned 6th baltic half flotilla service long work completed june old battleship stricken naval register march sold marks broken scrap year
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