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Ships of the German Kaiserliche Marine fleet during World War I [PRG 280/1/39/333] • Photograph

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Summary

Ships of the German Kaiserliche Marine fleet during World War I. Research suggests that the ship in the foreground is a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Deutschland class. Of the five Deutschland class battleships SMS Pommern was torpedoed in 1916, SMS Hannover, SMS Schleswig-Holstein and SMS Schlesienwere were retained by the Reichsmarine after World War I and SMS Deutschland was scrapped in 1922. None participated in the surrender of the Kaiserliche Marine fleet at Scapa Flow in November 1918.

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Physical description

photograph; 10 cm x 15 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1917

Collection

Part of Searcy Collection

Subject

Germany. Kriegsmarine
Battleships -- Germany
World War, 1914-1918

Catalogue record

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General notes

This photograph is published in The Observer newspaper, 15 February 1919, page 25.

Digitisation information

Date

23/05/2002

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,117 x 2,018 pixels (6.3 MP)

Size

6.29 MB

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