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Brandenburg

Linienschiff 1893 - 1920  Brandenburg  Class

   Ship Info   History   Operational History   Technical Data 
19.11.1893   Brandenburg is commissioned.
23.11.1893   First trials with Kaiser Wilhelm II on board.
16.02.1894   During high speed trials, a steam line explodes in the engine room, killing 44 crew members.
-16.04.1894   Repairs.
- August 1894   Training and trials in the Baltic sea, after that the ship is sent to the North Sea.
21.08.1894   Attached to the 2nd Division of the Manouversqadron.
-1896   Maneuvers in the North and Baltic Sea.
06.12.1897   Collision with the armored ship Würtemberg , both ships were damaged and had to be repaired.
Spring 1900   Training in the North Sea.
04.07.1900   Together with the other ships of the 2nd Squadron, the Brandenburg is send to South-East Asia.
Jan - Feb 1901   Repairs in Hong Kong.
01.06.1901   Sent back to Germany.
11.08.1901   Arrival in Wilhelmshaven.
-Autumn 1902   Fleet services and exercises.
23.10.1902   Decommissioned.
1903/1904   Modernization and refits at the Kaiserliche Weft, Wilhelmshaven.
04.04.1905   Recommissioned, used for fleet operations.
30.09.1907   Decommissioned, put into fleet reserve.
Autumn 1910   Recommissioned, used as a training ship.
16.10.1912   Decommissioned.
August 1914   After the outbreak of World War I, the Brandenburg is attached to the 5th Squadron, used for coast defence duties in the North Sea.
September 1914   Sent to the eastern Baltic Sea.
15.01 - Feb 1915   Again used for coast defence in the North Sea.
20.12.1915   Decommissioned, used as a floating barrack in Libau. The main guns were removed and were ordered to sent to Turkey, but this was never done.
1918   After the war, the ship was transferred to Danzig where it was paned to rebuild it as a target ship.
13.05.1919   Reconstruction stopped, removed from fleet lists.
1920   Scrapped in Danzig.

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