D.K.M. Schleswig Holstein
1939
(Neptun 1050a)
- Class: Deutschland - 5 battleships of 1906-08
- Displacement: 13,040 tons
- Dimensions: 413 x 73 x 25 ft.
- Machinery: 3-shaft Triple Expansion engines, I.H.P. 17,000 = 16 knots
- Armor: Main belt 4 in. (ends), 9.75 in. (amid.), deck 3 in., turrets 11 in., C.T. 12 in.
- Armament: 4-11 in. (2x2), 10-6.7 in. (10x1), 4-4.1 in. A.A. (4x1) guns
- Complement: 725
- Builder: Germaniawerft, Kiel
- Laid Dow: Aug 1905
- Launched: 17 Dec 1906
- Completed: 6 Jul 1908
- Service: W.W.I Service in High Seas Fleet, including Battle of Jutland 31 May 1916. Reconstructed 1925 at Wilhelmshaven. Converted to Cadet's Training Ship 1936. Service in Baltic, 1939-45. In action against Polish shore installations, 1939. Occupation of Denmark, 1940. Fleet Training Squadron for remainder of war. Bombed and sunk in shallow water at Gdynia, 21 Mar 1945.
Along with Schlesien, the last pre-Dreadnoughts in the German Navy.
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