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Victoria Louise

Großer Kreuzer 1899 - 1923  Victoria Louise  Class

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20.02-11.09.1899:   First trials.
11.09.1899-22.08.1900:   Repairs and refits.
22.08. - 21.12.1900:   Additional tests and trials.
28.01 - 07.02.1901:   Sent to Britain to participate in the fleet parade at the burial ceremony for Queen Victoria.
28.01 - 07.02.1901:   Attached to the 1st Squadron.
Oct 1901 - Mar 1902:   Used in the Artillery Inspection.
23.11. - 14.12 .1902:   Operations off the Chinese coast.
November 1902:   Flagship of the 1st Squadron.
01.03.1903:   Attached to the Reconnaissance Forces.
May 1903:   Visit to Spain.
12.12.1903:   Decommissioned.
1906-1908:   Reconstruction at Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven.
02.04.1908:   Reclassified as training ship.
Jul  1908 -10.03.1909:   Training voyage to Spain, the Mediterranean. During this voyage, several meteorological experiments are done on the Victoria Louise .
Aug 1909 - 10.3.1910:   Training voyage to the USA and the Westindies. During this voyage, the Victoria Loise take part in the fleet parade at the Hudson-Fulton ceremony in September 1910.
11.08.1910-07.03.1911:   Training voyage to the Mediterranean.
Aut. 1911-04.03.1912:   Training voyage to Norway, Iceland, North America and the West Indies.
10.08.1912-10.03.1913:   Training voyage to Norway, North America and the West Indies.
11.08.1913-05.03.1914:   Training voyage to the Mediterranean.
01.06.1914-27.07.1914:   Training operations in the Baltic Sea and Norway.
August 1914:   Reassigned to fleet services for coastal defense.
28.10.1914:   Decommissioned because of bad general condition, used as a floating barrack and mine depot.
01.10.1919:   Stricken from fleet list, sold to a Berlin construction company.
1920:   Reconstruction to civil merchant ship and renamed to Flora Sommerfeld in Danzig.
1923:   Scrapped down in Danzig.

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