S.M.S. Bayern (1915)
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| S.M.S. Bayern (1915) | |
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| Builder: | Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, Kiel |
| Laid down: | Aug, 1913 |
| Launched: | 18 Feb, 1915 |
| Commissioned: | 15 Jul, 1916 |
| Scuttled: | 21 Jun, 1919 |
| Fate: | at Scapa Flow |
S.M.S. Bayern was one of two Bayern class battleships completed for the Imperial German Navy during the Great War.
There was also an ironclad completed in the early 1880s by the same name.
Service
The ship entered service in July 1916, only two months too late to participate in the Battle of Jutland.
Captains
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
- Kapitän zur See Max Hahn, 18 March, 1916[1] – 23 December, 1916[2]
- Kapitän zur See Heinrich Rohardt, 24 December, 1916[3] – 10 August, 1918[4]
- Kapitän zur See Hugo Dominik, 11 August, 1918[5] – 10 December, 1918[6]
- Kapitänleutnant Albrecht Meißner, 12 December, 1918[7] – 21 June, 1919[8]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Grießmer, Axel (1999). Linienschiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine 1906-1918: Konstructionen zwischen Rüstungskonkurrenz und Flottengesetz. Bonn: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. ISBN 3-7637-5985-9.
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