SMS Bayern

Scuttled

Type	Dreadnought battleship
War	First World War
Main guns	8 × 38 cm (15 in) SK L/45 guns

Germany's first 15-inch-gun battleship, completed after Jutland. Mined during Operation Albion in 1917. Interned at Scapa Flow after the armistice and scuttled there by her crew on 21 June 1919.

German battleship SMS Bayern, probably during the internment in Scapa Flow. Mis-identified as SMS Baden by the source. Photo: Unknown, PD-US · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8 × 38 cm (15 in) SK L/45 guns
16 × 15 cm (5.9 in) SK L/45 guns
4 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 guns
5 × 60 cm (24 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Belt: 170–350 mm (6.7–13.8 in)
Conning tower: 400 mm (15.7 in)
Deck: 60 mm–100 mm (2.3–3.9 in)
Turrets: 200 to 350 mm (7.9 to 13.8 in)

Builder	Howaldtswerke, Kiel
Laid down	22 December 1913
Launched	18 February 1915
Commissioned	15 July 1916
Displacement	Normal: 28,530 t (28,080 long tons) Full load: 32,200 t (31,700 long tons)
Length	180 m (590 ft 7 in) loa
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

18 February 1915

Battle of Moon Sound

Damaged

16 October – 3 November 1917

Mined

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, 21 June 1919

Re-floated and broken up 1935