• the Imperial German battlecruiser SMS Seydlitz (pictured) was nearly destroyed when a shell from HMS Lion penetrated a gun turret and caused a flash fire during the Battle of Dogger Bank?

Facts on topics related to SMS Seydlitz

SMS Von der Tann

• five of the seven German battlecruisers (SMS Von der Tann pictured) took part in the Battle of Jutland, where they sank three of their British rivals?

Bayern class battleship

• the German Bayern class battleships Bayern (pictured) and Baden were the last dreadnoughts built by the Kaiserliche Marine?

Kaiser class battleship

• one of Germany's Kaiser-class battleships, SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, never received a planned diesel engine to supplement her turbines, so her range was much less than her sister ships?

Nassau class battleship

• the Nassau-class battleships laid down in 1907 were the first class of German dreadnoughts built in response to the British HMS Dreadnought?