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    SMS Leipzig ("His Majesty's Ship Leipzig") was the sixth of seven Bremen-class cruisers of the Imperial German Navy, named after the city of Leipzig. She...
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  • Navy) have been named SMS Leipzig, after the Battle of Leipzig: SMS Leipzig (1875), a Leipzig-class corvette SMS Leipzig (1905), a Bremen-class cruiser...
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  • SMS G39 SMS G40 SMS G41 SMS G42 SMS V43 SMS V44 SMS V45 SMS V46 SMS V47 SMS V48 SMS S49 SMS S50 SMS S51 SMS S52 SMS S53 SMS S54 SMS S55 SMS S56 SMS S57...
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    (1904–1936) SMS Hessen (1905–1960) SMS Preussen (1905-1931) SMS Lothringen (1906-1931) Bremen-class cruisers SMS Hamburg (1904–1927) SMS Berlin (1906-1929)...
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    SMS Scharnhorst was an armored cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. She was the lead ship of her...
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    SMS Leipzig was a German flush-deck steam corvette, the lead ship of the Leipzig class, named after the 1813 Battle of Leipzig. She was built for the Kaiserliche...
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    squadron of two armoured cruisers, SMS Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the light cruisers SMS Nürnberg, Dresden and Leipzig, and the colliers SS Baden, SS Santa...
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    1890s and early 1900s. Other ships of the class are SMS Iltis, SMS Tiger, SMS Eber, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther. Luchs was 65.2 meters (214 ft) long overall...
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    light cruiser SMS Leipzig; Glasgow closed to finish Leipzig which had run out of ammunition but was still flying her battle ensign. Leipzig fired two flares...
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    SMS Von der Tann was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), as well as Germany's first major turbine-powered...
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    commanding the armoured cruisers SMS Gneisenau and SMS Scharnhorst and three light cruisers SMS Emden, SMS Nürnberg, and SMS Leipzig won the battle by defeating...
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    Russian battleship Potemkin (category 1905 Russian Revolution)
    Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. She became famous during the Revolution of 1905, when her crew mutinied against their officers. This event later formed the...
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    becoming common amongst Internet users in chat rooms and by people using SMS. This trend is similar to writing (S) or SAWS in place of ṣallā llāhu ʿalayhi...
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    Navy in 1881 as a probationary sea cadet, he served on the sail-frigate SMS Niobe from April to September 1881. He was then transferred to the Naval...
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    Group SMS Tb1 SMS Tb2 SMS Tb7 SMS Tb9 13th Torpedo Boat Group SMS 21 SMS 24 SMS 32 SMS 39 Minesweeping Flotilla SMS Tb18 SMS 27 SMS 30 SMS 33 SMS 34 SMS 37...
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    German colonial empire. Other ships of the class are SMS Iltis, SMS Luchs, SMS Tiger, SMS Eber and SMS Panther. Jaguar was 65.2 meters (214 ft) long overall...
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    SMS Fürst Bismarck (Prince Bismarck) was Germany's first armored cruiser, built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) before the turn of the 20th...
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    SMS Nürnberg ("His Majesty's Ship Nürnberg"), named after the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, was a Königsberg-class light cruiser built for the German Imperial...
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    Hermann Wissmann (category 1905 deaths)
    Ludwig Wissmann, after 1890 Hermann von Wissmann (4 September 1853 – 15 June 1905), was a German explorer and administrator in Africa. Born in Frankfurt an...
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    herself. Mines laid by Oleg are credited with sinking the German light cruiser SMS Augsburg off Bornholm. On 2 July 1915, Oleg participated in the Battle of...
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    and the Czech Republic. Its capital is Dresden, and its largest city is Leipzig. Saxony is the tenth largest of Germany's sixteen states, with an area...
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    No actual colonization occurred. On 16 July 1878, the commander of the SMS Ariadne, Bartholomäus von Werner [de] occupied Falealili and Saluafata on...
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    distinction – and the largest until Cunard placed RMS Caronia in service in 1905. Thus, although the decision to order and launch Saxonia in 1898–1899 was...
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    SMS Schwalbe ("His Majesty's Ship Schwalbe—Swallow") was an unprotected cruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the lead ship...
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    SMS Condor ("His Majesty's Ship Condor") was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial German Navy. She was the fourth member of the Bussard class, which...
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    SS Torrington was a British cargo steamship that was built in England in 1905, owned and registered in Wales, and sunk by a German U-boat in 1917. She...
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    SMS Hessen was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. She was laid down in 1902, was launched in September 1903, and...
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    modern vessels (the armoured cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the light cruisers SMS Dresden, Leipzig and Nürnberg), led by officers hand-picked...
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  • Brunswick. On 28 May 1904 she left London for Antwerp, Quebec and Montreal. In 1905 Montrose's tonnages were revised to 6,278 GRT and 3,968 NRT. By 1911 they...
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    victory as one of the primary architects of the Trachenburg Plan and the Leipzig Campaign. Afterwards, he embarked on military reforms of the Austrian army...
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