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Ägir

Küstenpanzerschiff 1896 - 1919  Siegfried  Class

   Info   History   Operations   Technical Data 
15.10.1896:   Ägir is commissioned.
29.09.1897:   Attached to the reserve division.
Autumn 1898:   Participation in the autumn fleet maneuvers.
December 1898:   Visit to Copenhagen.
April - May 1899:   Voyage to England an Portugal.
Autumn 1899:   Participation in the autumn fleet maneuvers.
28.08.1899:   Rammed by the British steamer Aberfloyle , causing a hole on the starboard side.
Autumn 1899:   Participation in the autumn fleet maneuvers.
25.09.1900:   Decommissioned.
1901:   Recommissioned, attached to the reserve division.
April 1902:   Torpedo exercises.
June 1902:   Voyage to Norway.
30.06.1902:   Decommissioned.
Feb 1903 - Sep 1904:   Reconstruction and modernization in Danzig.
10.10.1904:   Recommissioned.
-March 1905:   Training and trials.
Summer 1905:   Voyage to Norway and Sweden.
-1909:   Participation in several fleet exercises.
15.09.1909:   Decommissioned.
12.08.1914:   At the outbreak of World War I, Ägir is put into active service again and used for coastal defence duties.
-September 1914:   Training into the Baltic Sea.
14.09.1914:   Sent to the North sea and used for coastal defence at the German Beight.
14.01.1916:   Decommissioned and disarmed.
-1919:   Used as a floating barrack.
1922:   Sold and reconstructed as a train transport ship.
1929:   Beached on Gotland near Karlsö.

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