imminent. Lothringen and her squadron mates were stationed in the mouth of the Elbe to support the vessels on patrol duty in the Bight. Once it became clear...

her sisters were immediately pressed into guard duties at the mouth of the Elbe River while the rest of the fleet mobilized. The ship took part in several...

battle, Schleswig-Holstein was relegated to guard duty in the mouth of the Elbe River before being decommissioned in late 1917. As one of the few battleships...

Geschichte, Kultur und Stadtbaukunst an Elbe und Alster (in German) (2nd, reprint ed.). Dumont Reise Vlg GmbH + C. ISBN 978-3-7701-1590-7. Retrieved 23 August...

ahoi Arnold Rehm: Alles über Schiff und See. Eine fröhliche Verklarung für Küstenbewohner und Landratten. Hamburg 1985, ISBN 3-8225-0026-7, S. 19 Timo Heimerdinger:...

1914, she and her sister ships were tasked with defending the mouth of the Elbe and the German Bight from possible British incursions. Deutschland and the...

the defenses of the German Bight, and were stationed at the mouth of the Elbe. They also participated in several fruitless sorties into the North Sea in...

batteries at the mouth of the Elbe, while Cyclop was sent to attack the battery at Grauerort. Arminius entered the Elbe on 17 June, but heavy storms prevented...

and the Red Star Line were now all fierce rivals. Beginning in 1881 with Elbe, eleven fast steamships of from 4500 to 6,900 GRT of the so-called "Rivers-class"...

she returned to the Elbe. From 2 May to 8 June, she was again used as a target ship in the Baltic. Her guard ship duties in the Elbe ended on 27 July, when...

to the Elbe from 5 December to 1 March 1915, with scheduled periodic maintenance from 24 to 28 February. After guard ship duties in the Elbe ended, she...

but were too far away to attack them. Another stint in the Elbe followed from 28 May to 3 July. The next day, following the loss of the minelaying cruiser...

roles in the first two years, serving as a guard ship at the mouth of the Elbe, patrolling the Danish straits, and supporting attacks on the British coast...

eventually raised and scrapped in late 1954. "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" (English: His Majesty's Ship). Prussia was spelled Preußen in German, using...

SMS Zähringen (German: Seiner Majestät Schiff Zähringen; English: His Majesty's Ship Zähringen) was the third Wittelsbach-class pre-dreadnought battleship...

on 19–20 October. On 21 December, Nassau ran aground in the mouth of the Elbe. She was able to free herself, and repairs were effected in Hamburg at the...

day, while in transit to Kiel, the ship ran aground off Krautsand in the Elbe river. Damage was minimal and the ship proceeded to unit training in the...

were assigned to guard duty in the North Sea, based in the mouth of the Elbe. In May 1915, IV Squadron, including Mecklenburg, was transferred to support...

Rostock. The six pre-dreadnoughts of II Battle Squadron had departed from the Elbe roads at 02:45, and rendezvoused with the battle fleet at 5:00. Shortly before...

German Bight—usually stationed in the mouth of the Elbe—and for operations in the Baltic. Starting on 3 September, IV Squadron, assisted by the armored cruiser...

of his supporters. In 1898, Bussard returned to Germany, arriving in the Elbe River in March. On the return voyage, she carried several tropical birds...

up for scrap metal in Kiel-Nordmole. "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" (German: His Majesty's Ship). In German, the ship's name was rendered with...

second envisioned a hostile fleet attempting to force the defenses of the Elbe. In September, Kapitän zur See Maximilian von Spee, who would go on to command...

Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr in Dresden. "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff" (German: His Majesty's Ship). In Imperial German Navy gun nomenclature...

the Outer Hebrides island of Eriskay. "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. The times used in this article are...

base at Wilhelmshaven, though while en route she ran aground in the lower Elbe river. The hull was damaged in the incident and the necessary repairs further...

related to SMS König Wilhelm (ship, 1868). "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship". König Wilhelm was armed with 23 large-caliber...

Darmstadt 1988. ISBN 3-534-02510-5 Gerhard Vinken (ed.): Georg Dehio Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler. Brandenburg. München 20o12. ISBN 3-422-03054-9 The...

München and Danzig were recalled and ordered to steam to the mouth of the Elbe and wait for further orders. At 12:25, the two cruisers were ordered to move...

Binnenalster zum Bleichenfleet, in Christoph Ohlig (ed.): Hamburg – die Elbe und das Wasser sowie weitere wasserhistorische Beiträge from the series of...