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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: Ships built in Gda sk, Ships built in Stettin, SMS Friedrich der Grosse, SMS Rheinland, RMS Empress of Australia, SMS Bremse, SMS Pommern, Concordia, SMS Mecklenburg, RMS Empress of Scotland, Arka Noego, Japanese cruiser Yakumo, ORP Rybitwa, Chinese turret ship Dingyuan, ORP Mazur, MV Horizon-1, Japanese cruiser Saien, SMS Hertha, SMS Wiesbaden, Hansa class ferry, Chinese turret ship Zhenyuan, Chinese cruiser Jiyuan, SMS Mainz, Royal Clipper, Greek destroyer Niki, Khersones, ORP Kaszub, SMS Brummer, Greek destroyer Keravnos, Krol Dawid, MV St Clare, SMS Irene, Greek destroyer Velos, Greek destroyer Doxa, RV Oceania, ORP Jasko ka, Chinese cruiser King Yuen, Chinese cruiser Laiyuan, Greek destroyer Aspis, Greek destroyer Nea Genea, Copernicus, RV Maria S. Merian, SMS Stettin, RPA 12, ORP Mewa, MV Renasa, ORP Czajka, ORP Arctowski, Dar M odzie y, SMS Amazone, SMS Lubeck, SMS Hamburg, ORP uraw. Excerpt: SMS Friedrich der Grosse ("His Majesty's Ship Frederick the Great") was the second vessel of the Kaiser class of battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Friedrich der Grosses keel was laid on 26 January 1910 at the AG Vulcan dockyard in Hamburg, her hull was launched on 10 June 1911, and she was commissioned into the fleet on 15 October 1912. The ship was equipped with ten 30.5-centimeter (12.0 in) guns in five twin turrets, and had a top speed of 23.4 knots (43.3 km/h; 26.9 mph). Friedrich der Grosse was assigned to the III Squadron of the High Seas Fleet for the majority of World War I, and served as fleet flagship from her commissioning until 1917. Along with her four sister ships, Kaiser, Kaiserin, Konig Albert, and Prinzregent Luitpold, Friedrich der Grosse participated in all the major fleet operations of World War I, including the Battle of Jutland on 31 May - 1 June 1916. Toward the center of the German line, F...