sms sms class armored frigates german_imperial_navy sister ships named bavaria built kiel ship commissioned august armed main battery guns open barbettes commissioning served fleet numerous training exercises cruises participated cruises escorting state visits great_britain cities baltic_sea late 1880s early 1890s ship modernized dockyard danzig served decade fleet withdrawn active service target ship sold broken scrap construction ordered contract denoted vessel new addition fleet built keel laid construction number ship launched commissioned german fleet august sisters large armored warship built german navy relied entirely engines propulsion ship meters long overall beam draft forward powered cylinder triple expansion engines supplied steam coal fired boilers ship speed knots mph indicated horsepower standard complement consisted officers enlisted men serving squadron flagship augmented officers men armed guns single mounted open barbette forward conning tower remaining mounted amidships single mounts open barbette built ship equipped guns hotchkiss revolver cannons armor wrought iron concentrated armored citadel amidships armor ranged armored citadel deck barbette armor wrought iron backed teak service history commissioning august placed reserve activated service fleet poor performance sister fleet maneuvers problems associated class ships tendency roll dangerously flat bottoms greatly reduced accuracy guns ships poorly armored compared contemporaries addition slow suffered poor sisters served division fleet maneuvers command rear admiral remained fleet maneuvers joined older ironclads maneuvers begun visit norway fleet went baltic_sea training exercises close maneuvers october august appointed chief gunner set long range gunnery experiments went gain fame father german naval artillery sisters new ironclad comprised training squadron returned active duty participated tour baltic newly crowned kaiser fleet stopped stockholm copenhagen seventeen day cruise participated ceremonial transfer island british german control summer present fleet maneuvers september entire ship armored squadron simulated russian fleet blockading kiel remained division year maneuvers simulated war russia france denmark participated fleet maneuvers separate conducted included french german north_sea coast russian attack kiel vice admiral commanded fleet maneuvers simulated protracted campaign superior french fleet sisters served maneuvers class ships transferred winter cruise following completion class battleships german fleet possessed squadrons ships divisions steamed spring joined massive fleet review july opening connected kiel north_sea autumn maneuvers simulated high seas battle divisions north_sea followed combined maneuvers rest fleet baltic conclusion maneuvers taken drydock danzig reconstruction ship old wrought iron teak armor replaced new krupp steel armor funnels single large funnel new engines installed increased ship speed mph ship guns replaced quick firing guns work completed sisters similarly modified remained fleet february ship stricken naval register converted target ship fleet served capacity sold scrapping broken kiel
SMS Bayern (1878)