sms sms class pre dreadnought battleships built kaiserliche_marine named german province built shipyard danzig launched commissioned navy ships class outdated time entered service inferior size armor firepower speed revolutionary new battleship commissioning assigned high_seas_fleet served fleet years world war time transferred alongside sister ships present battle jutland june actively engaged briefly jutland relegated guard duties withdrawn altogether training ship treaty versailles permitted german navy retain obsolete battleships included defend german coast saw extensive service reorganized 1920s 1930s ship rebuilt eventually converted training ship saw limited combat world war including invasion norway conclusion operation ship given secondary duties ended career anti aircraft ship baltic april steamed ammunition evacuate wounded soldiers struck sank shallow water superstructure including main battery remained water remaining days war heavy artillery provide support retreating german ground troops end war broken parts ship remained 1970s construction intended fight line battle battleships high_seas_fleet laid november dockyard danzig launched march sent kiel fitting work completed commissioned trials interrupted july september ship temporarily torpedo trials vessel joined fleet torpedo trials completed september british battleship hms dreadnought armed inch guns commissioned nearly years prior december dreadnought revolutionary design rendered obsolete ship german navy including newer long beam draft load displacement metric tons long tons short tons equipped shaft triple expansion engines coal fired water tube boilers produced rated indicated horsepower speed knots mph addition fastest ship class fuel efficient cruising speed knots mph steam nautical miles standard crew officers enlisted men ship primary armament consisted guns twin turrets turret placed forward aft equipped fourteen guns mounted casemates guns pivot mounts ship fitted torpedo tubes submerged hull bow stern broadside armored belt thick amidships thick armored deck main battery turrets thick sides service history commissioning assigned year service saw pattern fleet maneuvers north baltic seas atlantic_ocean cruise atlantic conducted july august round exercises followed autumn transferred april following month fleet conducted training maneuvers norway denmark time annual summer cruise went norway fleet training followed training cruise baltic took place end year november transferred rest sister ships training maneuvers followed pattern exception summer cruise owing crisis year cruise went baltic norway world war remained high_seas_fleet years war outbreak war ship deployed guard german bight rejoined high_seas_fleet battleship support battlecruisers bombarded december operation german battle fleet dreadnoughts pre dreadnoughts came nmi isolated squadron british battleships skirmishes rival destroyer screens convinced admiral confronted entire grand fleet broke engagement turned home fleet advances followed april followed october april sisters joined dreadnoughts high_seas_fleet support battlecruisers raid english coast route target battlecruiser damaged battlecruisers conducted short bombardment ports visibility poor operation soon called british fleet intervene battle jutland admiral immediately planned foray north_sea damage delayed operation end second ship command rear admiral positioned rear german line second ship german line followed run north admiral commander fleet ordered fleet pursue british battle squadron speed slower class ships faster dreadnoughts quickly fell later day battle hard pressed battlecruisers pursued british opponents called minute ships came aid steaming opposing battlecruiser squadrons sisters barely target darkness poor visibility shooting ineffective british battlecruisers scored hits german ships brief melee near miss large caliber gun sprayed shell splinters decks killing man wounding admiral ordered point turn south british follow late 31st fleet organized night march germany fell battlecruisers von der rear line british destroyers conducted series attacks fleet targeted regardless high_seas_fleet punched british destroyer forces reached june german fleet reached wilhelmshaven hours later undamaged dreadnoughts nassau classes took defensive positions inter war years following german defeat world war german navy reorganized permitted retain class battleships class battleships oldest advanced ship class instead scrapped modernized 1920s process included replacement ships guns pieces continued battleship configuration active fleet intended rebuilt target ship occurred flagship fleet taken reconstruction converted training vessel result held position fleet flagship afterward took command ship post held years reorganized kriegsmarine shortly took extensive fleet maneuvers new heavy cruiser later year converted training ship modifications installation additional anti aircraft guns replacement ship boilers newer boilers efficient allowed fewer additional space created crew compartments cadets instruction room crew altered standard crew officers enlisted men conversion reduced officers sailors supplemented cadets following year toured americas march ship stopped halifax nova scotia later year december stopped del argentina ship visited dominican_republic world war invasion poland september initially remained training ship role briefly acted boats later month joined sister bombard polish positions baltic coast lasted september operation guns removed arm new surface took operation german invasion denmark norway operated danish waters operation complete resumed ice breaking duties march escorted layers baltic returning operation converted barracks ship april departed company battleship mid anti aircraft armaments considerably strengthened air defense ships port april moved ammunition supply evacuate wounded soldiers struck outside beached shallow water ship remained water including main armament able provide artillery support retreating german units wreck demolished scrapped east german company remains ship visible online links sms gallery including photograph role visit argentina commander pays respect del mayor december visit argentina del girl makes military salute german naval ensign background
SMS Schlesien