| Schleswig Holstein,
pre-Dreadnaught German Battleship of the Deutchland Class, took part in
the Battle of Jutland, and survived world war one to serve in the second
world war as a training ship for the Reichsmarine
Built by Germaniawerft launched at Kiel on the 17th
December 1906 and commisisoned into the German navy on the 6th July
1908. Took part in the Battle of Jutland
before becoming a tender at Bremerhaven in 1917
and accommodation ship in 1918, she was then
refitted at Wilhelmshaven dockyard becoming the fleet flag ship of the
Reichsmarine in 1926.
In 1935 Schleswig Holstein became a sea cadet training ship and in
1939 it was planned for the Schleswig Holstein to become a remote
controlled target ship but due to the outbreak of hostilities she saw service in
the Baltic from 1939-44 before being bombed and sunk on the 18th December
1944 at Gotenhaven by the Royal Air Force. Raised in 1945 -
1946, and transferred to Kronstadt and used for a short time as a
training hulk under the name of Borodino. finally broken up at
Tallinn. The ships bell in in the Army Museum at Dresden
Displacement: 13,993 tons, Range. 5720 miles at 10 Knots. Armament: Four 280mm Guns in two
turrets, Fourteen 170mm Guns, and Twenty 80mm, 4 Machine guns and six
torpedo tubes. Speed 18.5 knots, Compliment: 743 |
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Schleswig Holstein, 1932.
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Schleswig Holstein
Built by Germaniawerft launched at Kiel. Took part in the Battle
of Jutland before becoming an accommodation ship in 1918, she was then
refitted at Wilhelmshaven dockyard becoming the fleet flag ship in 1926.
In 1935 Schleswig Holstein became a training ship then saw service in
the Baltic from 1939-45 before being bombed and sinking. |
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Schleswig Holstein
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Schleswig Holstein.
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