SMS Friedrich der Grosse
SMS Friedrich der Grosse era la seconda nave da battaglia della Classe Kaiser della Kaiserliche Marine. Lo scafo della Friedrich der Grosse (alternativamente Friedrich der Grossße) fu impostato il 26 gennaio 1910 presso i cantieri navali AG Vulcan di Amburgo, varata nel 10 giugno 1911, entrò in servizio il 15 ottobre 1912. La nave era dotata di dieci cannoni da 305 mm (12,0 pollici) in cinque torrette binate, ed poteva sviluppare una velocità massima di 23,4 nodi (43,3 km/h). La Friedrich der Grosse fu assegnata al III. Geschwader (IIIª squadra da battaglia) della Hochseeflotte per la maggior parte della prima guerra mondiale, ed ebbe la funzione di nave ammiraglia della flotta tedesca dal 1912 al 1917.[1]
Insieme alle altre quattro navi della classe, SMS Kaiser, SMS Kaiserin, SMS König Albert, e SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, la Friedrich der Grosse prese parte alle più importanti azioni della flotta tedesca, compresa la Battaglia dello Jutland il 31 maggio – 1 giugno 1916. Posta verso il centro della linea da battaglia tedesca, la Friedrich der Grosse non fu colpita duramente come la SMS König e la SMS Grosser Kurfürst o gli incrociatori da battaglia del I. Aufklärungsgruppe (I° Gruppo da ricognizione). La Friedrich der Grosse uscì dalla battaglia completamente illesa. nel 1917, la nuova nave da battaglia SMS Baden sostituì la Friedrich der Grosse come ammiraglia della flotta.
Dopo la resa della Germania e la sigla dell'armistizio nel novembre 1918, la Friedrich der Grosse fu condotta insieme alla maggior parte della Hochseeflotte presso la base della marina britannica di Scapa Flow . Le nevi vennero disarmate e dotate del minimo degli uomini necessari al governo mentre gli Alleati discutevano le clausole del trattato di Versailles. Il 21 giugno 1919, giorni prima della firma del trattato, il comandante della flotta tedesca internata, il contrammiraglio Ludwig von Reuter, ordinò alle sue navi di autoaffondarsi pre evitare che cadessero in mani britanniche. La Friedrich der Grosse fu recuperata nel 1936 e demolita per recuperarne i metalli. La campana da segnalazione della nave fu restituita alla Germania nel 1965 ed ora è esposta presso il comando della marina a Glücksburg.
Costruzione e caratteristiche
Ordered under the contract name Ersatz Heimdall as a replacement for the obsolete corazzata costiera SMS Heimdall,[2][Nota 1] Friedrich der Grosse was laid down at the AG Vulcan dockyard in Hamburg on 26 gennaio 1910.[3] She was launched on 10 giugno 1911, after which AG Vulcan conducted builder's trials.[4] At her launching ceremony, Princess Alexandra Victoria performed the christening and Field Marshal Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz gave a speech.[5] She was then transferred to Wilhelmshaven and commissioned into the fleet on 15 ottobre 1912. Exercises in the Baltic Sea followed; Friedrich der Grosse then went to Kiel for final fitting-out work. On 22 gennaio 1913, the ship was finally ready for active service.[6] She cost the German government 45.802.000 marchi.[7]
Friedrich der Grosse was 172,4 m long overall and displaced a maximum of 27.000 t. The ship had a beam of 29 m and a draft of 9,1 m forward and 8,8 m aft. She was powered by three sets of AEG Curtis turbines, supplied with steam by 16 coal-fired boilers. On trials, the powerplant produced a top speed of 22,4 nodi. She carried 3.600 t of coal, which enabled a maximum range of 7.900 miglia at a cruising speed of 12 nodi. Friedrich der Grosse was protected by heavy Krupp cemented armor; the main armored belt was 350 mm thick amidships and the conning tower had 400 mm thick sides. The gun turrets had 300 mm sides. As with the other four ships in her class, Friedrich der Grosse carried anti-torpedo nets until after the Battle of Jutland in 1916.[8]
The ship was armed with a main battery of ten 30.5 cm SK L/50 guns in five twin turrets.[9] She disposed with the inefficient hexagonal turret arrangement of previous German battleships; instead, three of the five turrets were mounted on the centerline, with two of them arranged in a superfiring pair aft. The other two turrets were placed en echelon amidships, such that both could fire on the broadside.[10] The ship was also armed with fourteen 15 cm SK L/45 in casemates amidships, eight 8.8 cm SK L/45 naval gun in casemates; these were removed during the war and replaced with four 8.8 cm L/45 anti-aircraft guns. Her armament was rounded out by five 500 mm torpedo tubes, all mounted in the ship's hull.[11]
Servizio
After her commissioning in gennaio 1913, Friedrich der Grosse conducted sea trials before becoming the fleet flagship on 2 marzo,[12] replacing SMS Deutschland.[13] The ship participated in her first round of fleet maneuvers in febbraio 1913, which were conducted in the Kattegat and the North Sea. The next month saw another round of exercises, from 12 to 14 marzo. The ship went into dock for periodic maintenance in aprile, and was ready for artillery training by the end of the month. Extensive fleet maneuvers were conducted in the North Sea from 5 to 27 maggio. Friedrich der Grosse, as the Navy's newest battleship, was sent to Kiel for Kiel Week in giugno.[14] While there, she was visited by the Italian king Victor Emmanuel III and his wife Elena.[15] In mid-luglio, the fleet conducted its annual summer cruise to Norway, which lasted until mid-agosto. During the cruise, Friedrich der Grosse visited Balholmen, Norway. The autumn maneuvers followed after the fleet returned; they lasted from 31 agosto to 9 settembre. Unit drills and individual ship training were conducted in ottobre and novembre.[16]
In early 1914, Friedrich der Grosse participated in additional ship and unit training. The annual spring maneuvers were conducted in the North Sea at the end of marzo. Further fleet exercises followed in aprile and maggio in the Baltic and North Seas. The ship again went to Kiel Week that year. Despite the rising international tensions following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 giugno, the High Seas Fleet began its summer cruise to Norway on 13 luglio. During the last peacetime cruise of the Imperial Navy, the fleet conducted drills off Skagen before proceeding to the Norwegian fjords on 25 luglio. The following day the fleet began to steam back to Germany, as a result of Austria-Hungary's ultimatum to Serbia. On the 27th, the entire fleet assembled off Cape Skudenes before returning to port, where they remained at a heightened state of readiness.[17] War between Austria-Hungary and Serbia broke out the following day, and in the span of a week all of the major European powers had joined the conflict.[18]
Prima guerra mondiale
The High Seas Fleet, including Friedrich der Grosse, conducted a number of sweeps and advances into the Mare del Nord. The first occurred on 2–3 novembre 1914, though no britannici forces were encountered. Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl, the commander of the High Seas Fleet, adopted a strategy in which the incrociatori da battaglia of Rear Admiral Franz von Hipper's I Scouting Group raided britannici coastal towns to lure out portions of the Grand Fleet where they could be destroyed by the High Seas Fleet.[19] The raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby on 15–16 dicembre 1914 was the first such operation.[20] On the evening of 15 dicembre, the German battle fleet of some twelve dreadnoughts—including Friedrich der Grosse and her four sisters—and eight pre-dreadnoughts came to within 10 miglia of an isolated squadron of six britannici battleships. Skirmishes between the rival cacciatorpediniere screens in the darkness convinced von Ingenohl that he was faced with the entire Grand Fleet. Under orders from Kaiser Wilhelm II to avoid risking the fleet unnecessarily, von Ingenohl broke off the engagement and turned the battle fleet back toward Germany.[21]
Following the loss of SMS Blücher at the Battle of Dogger Bank in gennaio 1915, the Kaiser removed Admiral von Ingenohl from his post on 2 febbraio. Admiral Hugo von Pohl replaced him as commander of the fleet.[22] Admiral von Pohl conducted a series of fleet advances in 1915 in which Friedrich der Grosse took part; in the first one on 29–30 marzo, the fleet steamed out to the north of Terschelling and return without incident. Another followed on 17–18 aprile, where Friedrich der Grosse and the rest of the fleet covered a mining operation by the II Scouting Group. Three days later, on 21–22 aprile, the High Seas Fleet advanced toward Dogger Bank, though again failed to meet any britanniche forces.[23]
The II Scouting Group performed another minelaying operation on 17–18 maggio, and Friedrich der Grosse and the rest of the fleet steamed out in support. Less than two weeks later on 29–30 maggio, the fleet attempted to conduct a sweep in the Mare del Nord, but inclement weather forced Pohl to cancel the operation some 50 miglia off Schiermonnikoog. The fleet remained in port until 10 agosto, when it sortied to Helgoland to cover the return of the auxiliary cruiser SMS Möwe. A month later, on 11–12 settembre, the fleet covered another mine-laying operation off the Swarte Bank. The last operation of the year, conducted on 23–24 ottobre, was an advance without result in the direction of Horns Reef.[24]
On 11 gennaio 1916, Admiral Reinhard Scheer replaced von Pohl, who was suffering from liver cancer.[25] A week later on the 18th, Scheer hoisted his flag aboard Friedrich der Grosse.[26] Scheer proposed a more aggressive policy designed to force a confrontation with the britannica Grand Fleet; he received approval from the Kaiser in febbraio.[27] The first of Scheer's operations was conducted the following month, on 5–7 marzo, with an uneventful sweep of the Hoofden.[28] On 25–26 marzo, Scheer attempted to attack britanniche forces that had raided Tondern, but failed to locate them. Another advance to Horns Reef followed on 21–22 aprile.[29]
On 24 aprile, the battlecruisers of Von Hipper's I Scouting Group conducted a raid on the English coast. Friedrich der Grosse and the rest of the fleet sailed in distant support. The incrociatore da battagliaSMS Seydlitz struck a mine while en route to the target, and had to withdraw.[30] The other incrociatori da battaglia bombarded the town of Lowestoft unopposed but, during the approach to Yarmouth, they encountered the britannici incrociatori of the Harwich Force. A short artillery duel ensued before the Harwich Force withdrew. Reports of britannici submarines in the area prompted the retreat of the I Scouting Group. At this point, Scheer, who had been warned of the sortie of the Grand Fleet from its base in Scapa Flow, also withdrew to safer German waters.[31]
Battaglia dello Jutland
Soon after the Lowestoft raid, Scheer began planning another foray into the North Sea. He had initially intended to launch the operation in mid-maggio, by which time the mine damage to Seydlitz was scheduled to be repaired—Scheer was unwilling to embark on a major raid without his incrociatori da battagliaforces at full strength. On 9 maggio, several battleships developed problems with their engines, which delayed the operation further, to 23 maggio.[32] By 22 maggio, Seydlitz was still not fully repaired and the operation was again postponed, to 29 maggio.[33] At noon on 29 maggio, the repairs to Seydlitz were finally completed, and the ship returned to the I Scouting Group.[34] The plan called for Hipper's incrociatori da battaglia to steam north to the Skagerrak, with the intention of luring out a portion of the britannica fleet so it could be destroyed by Scheer's waiting battleships.[35]
Friedrich der Grosse was the eighth ship in the German line; the four navi da battaglia ships of the V Division, III Battle Squadron, led the line, followed by four Kaiser-class ships in the VI Division, III Battle Squadron. Friedrich der Grosse was the last ship in her division, directly astern of SMS Prinzregent Luitpold and ahead of SMS Ostfriesland, the flagship of Vice Admiral Schmidt's I Division, I Battle Squadron. The eight Classe Helgoland- and Classe Nassaus constituted the I Squadron, which was followed by the six elderly pre-dreadnoughts of Rear Admiral Franz Mauve's II Squadron.[36] Hipper's five battlecruisers, the scouting force for the fleet, left the Jadebusen at 02:00 on 31 maggio; Scheer and the High Seas Fleet followed an hour and a half later.[37]
Shortly before 16:00 the incrociatori da battaglia of I Scouting Group encountered the britannico 1st Battlecruiser Squadron under the command of Vice Admiral Sir David Beatty. The opposing ships began an artillery duel that saw the destruction of 1909, shortly after 17:00,[38] and HMS Queen Mary, less than half an hour later.[39] By this time, the German incrociatori da battaglia were steaming south to draw the britanniche ships toward the main body of the High Seas Fleet. At 17:30, König's crew spotted both the I Scouting Group and the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron approaching. The German incrociatori da battaglia were steaming to starboard, while the britanniche ships steamed to port. At 17:45, Scheer ordered a two-point turn to port to bring his ships closer to the britannici incrociatori da battaglia and the accompanying fast battleships of the 5th Battle Squadron; a minute later, he gave the order to open fire.[40][Nota 2] Friedrich der Grosse was still out of range of both the britannici incrociatori da battaglia and the 5th Battle Squadron, and so held her fire initially. Between 17:48 and 17:52, Friedrich der Grosse and ten other battleships engaged the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron, though only SMS Nassau managed to score a hit during this period.[41] Shortly after, the German battle line came across the disabled cacciatorpediniere HMS Nestor and HMS Nomad. Friedrich der Grosse and her three sisters targeted Nomad and quickly sank her. Nestor was similarly dispatched by the I Squadron ships.[42] Shortly after 19:00, a melee between the German line and britannici incrociatori took place. The center of the action was the damaged German cruiser SMS Wiesbaden, which had been disabled by a shell from the britannici incrociatore da battagliaHMS Invincible. Rear Admiral Behncke in König attempted to maneuver the III Squadron to cover the stricken cruiser.[43] Simultaneously, the britannici 3rd and 4th Light Cruiser Squadrons began a torpedo attack on the German line; while advancing to torpedo range, they smothered Wiesbaden with fire from their main guns. The eight III Squadron battleships fired on the britannici cruisers, but even the sustained fire from the battleships' main guns failed to drive off the britannici cruisers.[44] The armored incrociatori HMS Defence, HMS Warrior, and HMS Black Prince joined in the attack on the crippled Wiesbaden.[45] While most of the III Squadron battleships rained heavy fire upon the attacking armored cruisers, Friedrich der Grosse and the I Squadron ships engaged the battleship HMS Warspite at ranges from 9.600 m, until Warspite disappeared in the haze. In this period, Warspite was hit by 13 heavy shells, though the ships that fired them are unknown.[46]
After successfully withdrawing from the britannici, Scheer ordered the fleet to assume night cruising formation, though communication errors between Scheer aboard Friedrich der Grosse and SMS Westfalen, the lead ship, caused delays. The series of reversals in course and confused maneuvers disorganized the fleet and inverted the sequence of ships, but by 23:30 the fleet had reached its cruising formation. Friedrich der Grosse was now the ninth ship in a line of twenty-four, headed by the eight I Squadron ships.[47] Shortly after 01:00, the britannici cruiser HMS Black Prince stumbled into the German line. Searchlights aboard SMS Thüringen illuminated the target; Friedrich der Grosse, Thüringen, SMS Nassau, and SMS Ostfriesland hammered the cruiser at point-blank range with main and secondary guns. In the span of a few minutes Black Prince exploded and sank, taking her entire crew of 857 with her.[48]
After a series of night engagements between the I Squadron battleships and britannici cacciatorpediniere, the High Seas Fleet punched through the britannici light forces and reached Horns Reef by 04:00 on 1 giugno.[49] The German fleet reached Wilhelmshaven a few hours later; five of the I Squadron battleships took up defensive positions in the outer roadstead, and Kaiser, Kaiserin, Prinzregent Luitpold, and Kronprinz stood ready just outside the entrance to Wilhelmshaven.[50] The rest of the fleet entered Wilhelmshaven, where Friedrich der Grosse and the other ships still in fighting condition replenished their stocks of coal and ammunition.[51] In the course of the battle, Friedrich der Grosse had fired 72 main battery shells and 151 rounds from her secondary guns.[52] She emerged from the battle completely undamaged.[53]
Operazioni successive nel Mare del Nord
On 18 agosto 1916, Friedrich der Grosse took part in an operation to bombard Sunderland.[54] Admiral Scheer attempted a repeat of the original 31 maggio plan: the two serviceable German battlecruisers, SMS Moltke and SMS Von der Tann, augmented by three faster dreadnoughts, were to bombard the coastal town of Sunderland in an attempt to draw out and destroy Beatty's battlecruisers. Scheer, in Friedrich der Grosse, would trail behind with the rest of the fleet and provide support.[55] Scheer turned north after receiving a false report from a zeppelin about a britannici unit in the area.[56] As a result, the bombardment was not carried out, and by 14:35, Scheer had been warned of the Grand Fleet's approach and so turned his forces around and retreated to German ports.[57]
Another fleet operation took place on 18–19 ottobre, though it ended without encountering any britannici units. The fleet was reorganized on 1 dicembre;[58] the four König-class battleships remained in III Squadron, along with the newly commissioned SMS Bayern, while the five Kaiser-class ships, including Friedrich der Grosse, were transferred to IV Squadron.[59] In marzo 1917 the new battleship SMS Baden, built to serve as fleet flagship, entered service;[60] on the 17th, Scheer hauled down his flag from Friedrich der Grosse and transferred it to Baden.[61] On 4–5 luglio, crewmen aboard Friedrich der Grosse staged a hunger strike in protest over the poor quality and insufficient quantity of the food they were given. The ship's officers relented, fed the crew a meal of groat soup and agreed to form a Menagekommission, a council that gave the enlisted men a voice in their ration selection and preparation.[62] Further insubordination on several vessels followed on 11 luglio, and the ringleaders were arrested and put on trial. Max Reichpietsch, un fuochista della Friedrich der Grosse fu condannato a morte e fucilato il 5 settembre a Colonia.[63][64]
Operazione Albion
In early settembre 1917, following the German conquest of the Russian port of Riga, the German navy decided to eliminate the Russian naval forces that still held the Gulf of Riga. The Admiralstab (Navy High Command) planned an operation to seize the Baltic island of Ösel, and specifically the Russian gun batteries on the Sworbe Peninsula.[65] The Admiralstab issued orders on 18 settembre for a joint operation with the army to capture Ösel and Moon Islands; the primary naval component was to comprise the flagship, Moltke, and the III and IV Battle Squadrons of the High Seas Fleet. Along with nine light cruisers, three torpedo boat flotillas, and dozens of mine warfare ships, the entire force numbered some 300 ships, supported by over 100 aircraft and six zeppelins. The invasion force amounted to approximately 24,600 officers and enlisted men.[66] Opposing the Germans were the old Russian pre-dreadnoughts Slava and Tsesarevich, the armored cruisers Bayan|1907, Admiral Makarov, and Diana|1899, 26 cacciatorpediniere, and several torpedo boats and gunboats. The garrison on Ösel numbered some 14,000 men.[67]
The operation began on the morning of 12 ottobre, when Moltke and the III Squadron ships engaged Russian positions in Tagga Bay while Friedrich der Grosse and the rest of IV Squadron shelled Russian gun batteries on the Sworbe Peninsula on Ösel.[68] The coastal artillery in both locations were quickly silenced by the battleships' heavy guns.[69] On the morning of the 14th, Friedrich der Grosse, Kaiserin, and König Albert were detached to support German troops advancing toward Anseküll.[70] The three ships fired on the battery at Zerel for an hour, which prompted most of the Russian gun crews to flee their posts.[71]
By 20 ottobre, the fighting on the islands was winding down; Moon, Ösel, and Dagö were in German possession. The previous day, the Admiralstab had ordered the cessation of naval actions and the return of the dreadnoughts to the High Seas Fleet as soon as possible.[72] On 27 ottobre, Friedrich der Grosse was detached from the Baltic and returned to the North Sea. Upon her return, she resumed guard duties. The ship participated in the fruitless advance to Norway on 23–25 aprile 1918. Afterward, she went into drydock for extensive maintenance, which lasted from 26 luglio to 28 settembre.[73]
Destino finale
Friedrich der Grosse and her four sisters were to have taken part in a final fleet action at the end of ottobre 1918, days before the Armistice was to take effect. The bulk of the High Seas Fleet was to have sortied from their base in Wilhelmshaven to engage the britannici Grand Fleet; Scheer—by now the Grossadmiral (Grand Admiral) of the fleet—intended to inflict as much damage as possible on the britannici navy, to ensure a better bargaining position for Germany, despite the expected casualties. However, many of the war-weary sailors felt the operation would disrupt the peace process and prolong the war.[74] On the morning of 29 ottobre 1918, the order was given to sail from Wilhelmshaven the following day. Starting on the night of 29 ottobre, sailors on SMS Thüringen and then on several other battleships mutinied.[75] On the 30th, crewmen aboard Friedrich der Grosse engaged in forms of passive resistance, including a "go-slow" while replenishing the ship's coal stock.[76][Nota 3] The unrest ultimately forced Hipper and Scheer to cancel the operation.[77] Informed of the situation, the Kaiser stated "I no longer have a navy."[78]
Following the capitulation of Germany in novembre 1918, most of the High Seas Fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, were interned in the britannici naval base in Scapa Flow.[79] Prior to the departure of the German fleet, Admiral Adolf von Trotha made clear to Von Reuter that he could not allow the Allies to seize the ships, under any conditions.[80] The fleet rendezvoused with the britannici light cruiser HMS Cardiff (D58), which led the ships to the Allied fleet that was to escort the Germans to Scapa Flow. The massive flotilla consisted of some 370 britannici, American, and French warships.[81] Once the ships were interned, their guns were disabled through the removal of their breech blocks, and their crews were reduced to 200 officers and enlisted men.[82]
The fleet remained in captivity during the negotiations that ultimately produced the Treaty of Versailles. Von Reuter believed that the britannici intended to seize the German ships on 21 giugno 1919, which was the deadline for Germany to sign the peace treaty. Unaware that the deadline had been extended to the 23rd, Reuter ordered the ships to be sunk at the next opportunity. On the morning of 21 giugno, the britannici fleet left Scapa Flow to conduct training maneuvers, and at 11:20 Reuter transmitted the order to his ships.[83] Friedrich der Grosse capsized and sank at 12:16. In 1936, the ship was raised and broken up for scrap; the work was completed by 29 aprile 1937. On 30 agosto 1965,[84] Britain returned the ship's bell to Germany via the frigate Scheer|F216;[85] it now resides at the Fleet Headquarters of the German Navy in Glücksburg.[86]
Note
- ^ German warships were ordered under provisional names. For new additions to the fleet, they were given a single letter; for those ships intended to replace older or lost vessels, they were ordered as "Ersatz (name of the ship to be replaced)".
- ^ The compass can be divided into 32 points, each corresponding to 11.25 degrees. A two-point turn to port would alter the ships' course by 22.5 degrees.
- ^ The crewmen intentionally worked slowly as a form of passive resistance.
Riferimenti
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 14
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 6
- ^ Gardiner & Gray, p. 147
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 14
- ^ Koop & Schmolke, p. 86
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 14
- ^ Gröner, p. 26
- ^ Gröner, p. 26
- ^ Gröner, p. 26
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 4
- ^ Gröner, p. 26
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 14
- ^ Gröner, p. 22
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 14
- ^ Koop & Schmolke, p. 86
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 14
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 14
- ^ Heyman, p. xix
- ^ Herwig, pp. 149–150
- ^ Tarrant, p. 31
- ^ Tarrant, pp. 31–33
- ^ Tarrant, pp. 43–44
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Tarrant, p. 49
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Tarrant, p. 50
- ^ Staff, Battleships, pp. 32 e 35
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Tarrant, p. 53
- ^ Tarrant, p. 54
- ^ Tarrant, pp. 55–56
- ^ Tarrant, p. 58
- ^ Tarrant, p. 62
- ^ Tarrant, p. 61
- ^ Tarrant, p. 286
- ^ Tarrant, p. 62
- ^ Tarrant, pp. 94–95
- ^ Tarrant, pp. 100–101
- ^ Tarrant, p. 110
- ^ Campbell, p. 54
- ^ Campbell, p. 101
- ^ Tarrant, p. 137
- ^ Tarrant, p. 138
- ^ Tarrant, p. 139
- ^ Campbell, p. 154
- ^ Campbell, p. 275
- ^ Campbell, p. 290
- ^ Tarrant, pp. 246–247
- ^ Campbell, p. 320
- ^ Tarrant, p. 263
- ^ Tarrant, p. 292
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Massie, p. 682
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Massie, p. 683
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Halpern, p. 214
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 43
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 15
- ^ Herwig, pp. 231–232
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 16
- ^ Woodward, p. 77
- ^ Halpern, p. 213
- ^ Halpern, pp. 214–215
- ^ Halpern, p. 215
- ^ Halpern, p. 215
- ^ Barrett, p. 125
- ^ Barrett, p. 146
- ^ Staff, Battle for the Baltic Islands, pp. 71–72
- ^ Halpern, p. 219
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 16
- ^ Tarrant, pp. 280–282
- ^ Tarrant, pp. 281–282
- ^ Staff, Battleships, p. 16
- ^ Tarrant, p. 282
- ^ Herwig, p. 252
- ^ Tarrant, p. 282
- ^ Herwig, p. 256
- ^ Herwig, pp. 254–255
- ^ Herwig, p. 255
- ^ Herwig, p. 256
- ^ Gröner, p. 26
- ^ Koop & Schmolke, p. 89
- ^ Gröner, p. 26
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