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Schleswig-Holstein
World Naval Ships  German Navy Battleships Deutschland Class  Schleswig-Holstein |
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| 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. Original republished © MPL Photograph (Postcard Size). Price £5 Click here to order. Order Code MP5466 |
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Schleswig-Holstein A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PGB143 |
Schleswig-Holstein c.1929. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PGB144 |
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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 A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PGB145 |
Schleswig Holstein. A reproduction of this original photo / photo-postcard size 10" x 7" approx available. Order photograph here © Walker Archive. Order Code PGB146 |
| Deutschland | 19th November 1904 | BU 1920-22 |
| Hannover |
29th September 1905 |
BU 1944-46 |
| 2nd December 1905 | Torpedoed 1st June 1916 | |
| Schlesien | 28th May 1906 | Scuttled 5th May 1945 |
| Schleswig-Holstein | 7th December 1906 | Bombed 18th December 1944, raised broken up after the 1947 |
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