Deutschland-class battleship

The Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine between 1903 and 1908, the last vessels of that type built in Germany. The class comprised Deutschland, Hannover, Pommern, Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein. They closely resembled the Braunschweig class but had stronger armor and a rearranged secondary battery, and they were obsolescent before they entered service because the British Dreadnought had been launched in 1906. Three triple-expansion steam engines drove the three screws. Pommern was built by AG Vulcan at Stettin, while the other ships came from Kiel, Wilhelmshaven and Danzig. All five ships took part in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May and 1 June 1916.