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From Schleswig-Holstein’s 1937 Africa cruise, a trio of snapshots of the 28cm/40 SK L/40 main guns of the battleship.
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A pencil sketch of the French pre-Dreadnought Bouvet. Terrific tumblehome, primary battery in a single turret up front, secondary battery in a wing turret, tertiary battery in smaller wing turrets, quaternary battery in smaller turrets on superstructure, smaller still higher up on military mast. Has a load of small boats suspended out on long davits to get past the absurd hull. Gorgeous, in an over the top, late 19th century kind of way. I would say steam punk but I hate the term and there is nothing punk about a battleship. Even one as anarchic as this. But if it were a person it would be wearing brass rimmed goggles on top of a top hat.
Today's seminar #sketch.
#Bouvet
#French #Predreadnought
SMS Schlesien was the fourth ship of the Deutschland-class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was laid down in 1904, launched in May 1906, and commissioned in May 1908. Like her sisters, she was already outdated on completion due to the commissioning of HMS Dreadnought in 1906. She took part in patrols and fleet sorties in the North Sea and saw minor action at the Battle of Jutland, where a near miss killed one sailor and wounded another. By 1917, she was relegated to secondary duties as the High Seas Fleet prioritised dreadnoughts. After the war, Schlesien was one of the few battleships Germany was permitted to retain under the Treaty of Versailles.In 1944–45, Schlesien was pressed into service as a support ship for shore bombardment and training in the final desperate months of the war. She was heavily damaged by a British air-dropped naval mine in May 1945 off Swinemünde. Scuttled in shallow water, her wreck was scrapped after the war.
SMS Schlesien was the fourth ship of the Deutschland-class of pre-dreadnought battleships. She was laid down in 1904, launched in May 1906, and commissioned in May 1908. Like her sisters, she was already outdated on completion due to the commissioning of HMS Dreadnought in 1906. She took part in patrols and fleet sorties in the North Sea and saw minor action at the Battle of Jutland, where a near miss killed one sailor and wounded another. By 1917, she was relegated to secondary duties as the High Seas Fleet prioritised dreadnoughts. After the war, Schlesien was one of the few battleships Germany was permitted to retain under the Treaty of Versailles.In 1944–45, Schlesien was pressed into service as a support ship for shore bombardment and training in the final desperate months of the war. She was heavily damaged by a British air-dropped naval mine in May 1945 off Swinemünde. Scuttled in shallow water, her wreck was scrapped after the war.
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Schlesien
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SMS Deutschland a pre-dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Commissioned in August 1906. Obsolete by WW1, she saw little action #battleship #HighSeasFleet #ImperialGermanNavy #maritimehistory #NavalHistory #Predreadnought #SMSDeutschland www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m...
SMS Hessen was the third ship of the Braunschweig-class battleships (along with her sister ships Braunschweig, Lothringen, Elsass and Preussen) built for the Imperial German Navy in the early 20th century. Named after the Grand Duchy of Hesse, she was laid down at the Germaniawerft shipyard in Kiel in 1902, launched on 18 September 1903, and commissioned on 19 September 1905.
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SMS Zähringen was the third of the Wittelsbach-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial German Navy. Laid down in 1899, and completed in October 1902. During most of her active career, she served with I Squadron of the German fleet . She was decommissioned in September 1910, but returned to service briefly for training in 1912, where she accidentally rammed and sank a torpedo boat. With the start of World War One, Zähringen was moved to active duty serving with IV Battle Squadron along with her sisters Wittelsbach, Wettin, Schwaben, and Mecklenburg. She saw limited duty in the North Sea and in the Baltic against Russia, including the Battle of the Gulf of Riga, although she saw no combat with Russian forces. The threat from British submarines and a shortage of crew forced the ship to be withdrawn from the Baltic in 1916. For the remainder of the war, Zähringen served as a target ship for torpedo training. She was retained by the German Navy post-war and converted to a radio controlled target ship. She was used in this capacity until 1944, when she was sunk by British bombers in Gotenhafen. Retreating German forces raised the ship and moved her to the harbor mouth, where they scuttled her to block the port. Zähringen was broken up in situ in 1949–50.
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship Zähringen. She saw limited service in WW1, but post war served as a target ship until 1944 when sunk by RAF bombers. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #SMSZähringen #Battleship #PreDreadnought #WW1
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The lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial German Navy, SMS Wittelsbach was laid down in 1899 and completed in October 1902. Along with her sister ships Wettin, Zähringen, and Mecklenburg, she served in I Squadron for the duration of her peacetime career. Her other sister, Schwaben was used as a training ship to modernize the training unit of the German fleet. Decommissioned in 1910, but reactivated a year later, she served as a training ship until 1914. Brought back to active duty by the start of World War One, Wittelsbach served with IV Battle Squadron. The ship served in the Baltic Sea, including during the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915, but saw no combat with Russian forces. By late 1915, crew shortages and the threat from British submarines forced the Kaiserliche Marine to withdraw older battleships like Wittelsbach. The ship then saw service in auxiliary roles, first as a training ship and then as a ship’s tender. After the war, she was converted into a tender for minesweepers in 1919. In July 1921, the ship was sold and broken up for scrap metal.
Built for the Imperial German Navy, SMS Wittelsbach was laid down in 1899 and completed in October 1902. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #battleship #ImperialGermanNavy #KaiserlicheMarine #maritimehistory #Predreadnought #SMSWittelbach #warship #WW1
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II was the second ship of the Kaiser Friedrich III-class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Imperial Navy.
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II was the second ship of the Kaiser Friedrich III-class of pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Imperial Navy. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #MaritimeHistory #SMSKaiserWilhelmII #battleship #PreDreadnought #GermanHighSeasFleet #WW1 #KaiserlicheMarine
SMS Kaiser Friedrich III was laid down in 1895 at the Kaiserliche Werft in Wilhelmshaven, launched on 1 July 1896, and commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) on 7 October 1899. She was the first of her class, which also included SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II, SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse, and SMS Kaiser Barbarossa. These ships reflected evolving German battleship design with improved armament layout and propulsion compared to earlier Brandenburg-class battleships. Kaiser Friedrich III displaced about 11,600 tons at full load, measured 125.3 metres long, and had a top speed of around 17.5 knots powered by triple-expansion steam engines. Her primary armament consisted of four 24 cm (9.4 inch) guns in two twin turrets, fore and aft. These were supported by eighteen 15 cm (5.9 inch) secondary guns and twelve 8.8 cm (3.5 inch) guns. She also carried six 45 cm torpedo tubes. Protection was provided by Harvey armor, with a belt up to 300 mm thick. Service History Upon commissioning, Kaiser Friedrich III became the flagship of the German Home Fleet (Heimatflotte), serving in this capacity until 1905. During this period, she was involved in fleet maneuvers, training cruises, and diplomatic visits, projecting German naval power. However, like all pre-dreadnoughts, her role diminished rapidly following the launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906, which rendered earlier battleships obsolete. From 1905 onward, she was replaced as flagship by newer vessels and reassigned to secondary duties. She was placed in reserve and occasionally reactivated for training purposes. World War I and Fate At the outbreak of World War I, Kaiser Friedrich III and her sister ships were briefly mobilized into the V Battle Squadron (V. Geschwader) for coastal defense and training duties. Given their outdated design and limited combat value compared to newer dreadnoughts, they did not participate in frontline operations.
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Kaiser Friedrich III
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SMS Weissenburg was one of four Brandenburg-class pre-dreadnought battleships constructed for the Imperial German Navy in the early 1890s. As part of Germany’s first generation of true seagoing battleships, Weissenburg symbolized the country’s growing naval ambitions and marked a turning point in its maritime strategy. Though she would later be overshadowed by more modern warships, Weissenburg served with distinction during her years in the German fleet before being sold to the Ottoman Empire, where she had an extended second career under the name Turgut Reis.
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The German pre-Dreadnought battleship SMS Wörth of the Brandenburg-class www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #battleship #FirstWorldWar #GermanNavy #ImperialGermanNavy #KaiserlicheMarine #Predreadnought #Ship #SMSWörth #warship #WorldWarOne #WW1 #WWI #Maritimehistory
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Brandenburg
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Brandenburg
German Pre-Dreadnought Battleship SMS Brandenburg
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The 700 project, where I run a 1/700 scale game that is more single ship based in Pre Dreadnought times with higher granularity and focus than the smaller scales.#3dprintedmodels #predreadnought
The original Rolling Ressie, Royal Sovereign Another of CPO Collins / GGF’s ships, spent 1904-5 on this vessel in the Home Fleet. Given the photo was taken in a moderate sea, he must have been made of stern stuff. However he did retire from the Royal Navy directly after that year’s tour…
O sovereign mistress of true melancholy,
The poisonous damp of night disponge upon me,
That life, a very rebel to my will,
May hang no longer on me: throw my heart
Against the flint and hardness of my fault:
And all my possessions from bunk to the floor
And my lunch to the ceiling
#PreDreadnought
N.A.M. Rodger’s new book, The Price of Victory, last in the monumental series of the history of the British Navy, alongside the previous volume, Command of the Ocean. 20 years between these two books
20 long years. But so worth the wait.
Before anyone rants about the gap, read the moving intro, inc. the thanks expressed by the author to people who have helped him personally and the process to complete this extraordinary series.
#PreDreadnought #Dreadnought #RoyalNavy
HMS Devastation was the lead ship of her class of mastless ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy. Along with her sister HMS Thunderer (1872), she was the first class of ocean-going capital ships that did not carry sails, and the first in which the entire main armament was mounted on top of the hull rather than inside it. Devastation served around the United Kingdom and Mediterranean. In 1891, she underwent a refit, where her 12-inch muzzle loading guns were replaced with 10-inch breech loaders. she was also refitted with new triple-expansion steam engines. She later served as the guard ship for Gibraltar from 1901 to 1902. She then returned to the UK where 21 June 1902 she was recommissioned as a tender to the torpedo school ship HMS Vernon. She was broken up in 1908.
#HMSDevastation was the lead ship of her class of mastless #ironclad turret ships built for the #RoyalNavy.
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Launched on 25 September 1902, ImKnyaz Suvorov was Borodino-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in September 1904, she sailed a month later on 15 October 1904, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. During the Battle of Tsushima, the ship fell out of the battle line after a shell hit her bridge, killing her helmsman and wounding her captain and Vice Admiral Rozhestvensky. Knyaz Suvorov was eventually torpedoed and sunk by Japanese torpedo boats; other than 20 wounded officers evacuated by a destroyer, there were no survivors.
Launched on 25 September 1902, #KnyazSuvorov was Borodino-class #pre-dreadnought #battleship built for the #ImperialRussianNavy. She was sunk at #BattleofTsushima #NavalHistory #BattleshipKnyazSuvorov #predreadnought #RussianBattleship #Ship #war #warfare www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m...
Launched on 8 September 1901, Borodino was the lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in August 1904, she sailed only two months later on 15 October, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. The ship was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 due to explosions set off by a Japanese shell hitting a magazine. There was only a single survivor from her crew of 855 officers and enlisted men.
Imperial Russian Navy pre-dreadnought battleship Borodino. Sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. www.destinationsjourney.com/.../russian.... #BattleofTsushima #battleship #BattleshipBorodino #Borodino #Military #NavalWarfare #predreadnought #RussianBattleship #RussianNavy #Ship #warfare
Launched on 8 September 1901, Borodino was the lead ship of her class of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy. Entering service in August 1904, she sailed only two months later on 15 October, with the Second Pacific Squadron to break the Japanese blockade of Port Arthur. The Japanese captured the port while the squadron was in transit and their destination was changed to Vladivostok. The ship was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905 due to explosions set off by a Japanese shell hitting a magazine. There was only a single survivor from her crew of 855 officers and enlisted men.
Launched on 8 September 1901, Borodino was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was sunk during the Battle of Tsushima in May 1905. www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-m... #Borodino #battleship #ImperialRussianNavy #predreadnought #Tsushima #BattleofTsushima
