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SMS Mecklenburg was a ship of the Wittelsbach class of pre-dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy, laid down in May 1900 in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland), and finished in May 1903. The five sister ships were the first capital ships built under the Navy Law of 1898, championed by Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. Mecklenburg was armed with a main battery of four 24-centimeter (9.4 in) guns and had a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). The ship participated in the peacetime routine of training cruises and exercises. After World War I began in 1914, the obsolete battleship saw limited duty in the Baltic Sea against Russian naval forces, and as a guard ship in the North Sea. The vessel was withdrawn from active service in January 1916 due to the threat from submarines and naval mines, and a shortage of personnel. Mecklenburg then served as a prison ship and as a barracks ship, was stricken from the navy list in January 1920, and was sold for scrapping the following year. (Full article...)
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Hi Parsecboy and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 20:09, 31 January 2020 (UTC)