SMS Pommern of the Deutschland class launched between
1904-1906 were the last German pre-dreadnought battleships. The rate of
fire for their 6.7 inch guns was slow due to the handling of the 154 lb
weight of the shells.
SMS Pommern was built by A
G Vulcan launched at Stettin. on the 2nd December 1905 and commissioned
into the German navy o the 6th August 1907. Pommern was torpedoed
and sunk during the Battle of Jutland
. at 0313 hours on the 1st June
1916. by a destroyer of the 12th flotilla Royal Navy. with the loss 839
dead. part of the wreck has been broken up after 1957 with
the non ferrous and armour removed. The Bow ornament ins now
housed at the Naval Memorial Laboe.
Displacement:
13,200 tons Speed: 18 knots Range
5830 miles at 10 knots. Complement: 743
Armament:
Four 11 inch guns in pairs. Fourteen 6.7 inch guns. Twenty 3.4 inch
guns. Six 18 inch torpedo tubes (1 bow, 4 beam, 1 stern) all submerged.
