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SMS Zahringen of the
The Wittelsbach Class of German battleships of the Imperial German
navy were improved Kaiser class Battleships, designed in 1897 to
1898. they were the first ships to be ordered by Tirpitsz's new
navy law of 1898. and were good sea going battleships.
SMS Zahringen was built at the Germania Dockyard and Keil
and launched 12th June 1901 and commissioned into the German navy
on the 25h October 1902. served with the fleet until during the
first part of world war one as
part of the 4th squadron but proved to be slow and vulnerable and
were decommissioned. during 1916. SMS Zahringen was disarmed.. soon after
Zahringen became a exercise ship at Keil and in 1917 she
became a stoker training ship and a target ship. finally
being stricken 11th march 1920 and becoming a hulk at
Wilhelmshaven. reconstructed, becoming a remote control
target ship for the Reichsmarine and later the Kriegsmarine
between 1926 -1927. During worlds war Two she was bombed at
Gotenhafen o the 18th December 1944 and sunk. she was scuttled on
the 26th march 1945 at the harbour entrance. Finally broken up in
where she lay 1949.
Displacement: 12,596 tons, Speed: 17.5 knots.
Range
Armament: Four 240mm Guns in pairs, Eighteen 150mm, twelve
88mm and twelve MG's Six 450mm Torpedo Tubes.
Complement: 683 |
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SMS Zahringen |
Zahringen.
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7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
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SMS Zahringen
A
reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x
7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker
Archive. Order Code PGB036 |
SMS Zahringen. Sent in
by David Lockhart. |
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