SMS Pommern

Sunk

Type	Pre-dreadnought battleship
Class	Deutschland
War	First World War
Main guns	4 × 11″ guns

Pre-dreadnought. Torpedoed by a British destroyer during the night after Jutland and blew up with all hands.

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Linienschiff "SMS Pommern" Linienschiff "S.M.S. Pommern" der Deutschland-Klasse auf See, Ansicht der Steuerbord-Seite Photo: UnknownUnknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × 28 cm (11 in) SK L/40 guns
14 × 17 cm (6.7 in) SK L/40 guns
20 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK L/45 naval guns
6 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armour

Waterline belt: 240 mm (9.4 in)
Deck: 40 mm (1.6 in)
Turrets: 280 mm (11 in)

Builder	AG Vulcan, Stettin
Laid down	22 March 1904
Launched	2 December 1905
Commissioned	6 August 1907
Displacement	Normal: 13,191 t (12,983 long tons) Full load: 14,218 t (13,993 long tons)
Length	127.6 m (418 ft 8 in)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	35 officers 708 enlisted men

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

Career

Launched

2 December 1905

Battle of Jutland

Sunk

31 May – 1 June 1916

Torpedoed at night; no survivors