sms sms fifth pre dreadnought battleships class german_imperial_navy laid commissioned named german province region france sister ships served battle squadron german high seas fleet majority career participated fleet advance december support raid german fleet encountered briefly clashed detachment poor condition necessitated withdrawal fleet service guard ship baltic_sea later training ship war retained formed converted depot ship type stricken march sold ship breakers later year construction laid danzig construction number fifth final unit class ordered contract new unit fleet ship cost marks launched commissioned fleet ship long overall beam draft forward ship powered cylinder vertical triple expansion engines drove screws steam provided naval cylindrical boilers burned coal powerplant rated metric horsepower ihp generated speed knots mph armament consisted main battery guns twin gun turrets fore aft central superstructure secondary armament consisted fourteen inch guns eighteen quick firing guns armament suite rounded torpedo tubes mounted submerged hull service history commissioning assigned german fleet participated festival amsterdam march older battleship won annual kaiser prize accurate shooting germany classes dreadnought battleships nassau classes entering service ships assigned battle squadron older kaiser friedrich iii class vessels armed guns placed reserve germany battleship fleet armed entire guns larger present fleet cruise norway july cut short assassination subsequent rise international tensions july ship crew aware austria-hungary ultimatum serbia left norway rendezvous rest fleet following day world war outbreak war august high_seas_fleet conducted series operations designed lure portion numerically superior destroy achieving rough equality forces german navy force decisive battle southern portion north_sea operation high_seas_fleet including participated raid december main fleet acted distant support rear admiral battlecruiser squadron raided coastal towns evening december fleet came nmi isolated squadron british battleships skirmishes rival destroyer screens darkness convinced german fleet commander admiral entire grand fleet deployed orders von broke engagement turned germany like sister missed june different reasons temporarily transferred guard duties baltic poor condition vice admiral fleet commander removed squadron jutland proved pre dreadnought battleships vulnerable major fleet action detached high_seas_fleet guard ship baltic left battle fleet following year transferred wilhelmshaven exercise ship train engineers served capacity end war post war career treaty versailles ended war specified germany permitted retain battleships types ships chosen remain active service newly reformed like sister converted parent ship type wilhelmshaven ship disarmed platforms holding installed served capacity newly reformed placed reserve stricken naval register march sold minus armor plating ship breakers year subsequently broken scrap hamburg
SMS Lothringen