SMS Bayern

SMS Bayern was the lead ship of the Bayern class of dreadnought battleships in the German Kaiserliche Marine. The vessel was launched in February 1915 and entered service in July 1916, too late to take part in the Battle of Jutland. Her main armament consisted of eight 38 cm (15 in) guns in four turrets, which was a significant improvement over the preceding König's ten 30.5 cm (12 inch) guns. The ship was to have formed the nucleus for a fourth battle squadron in the High Seas Fleet, along with three of her sister ships. Of the other ships only one—Baden—was completed; the other two were canceled later in the war when production requirements shifted to U-boat construction.

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draft 9.39 metre, length 180 metre, beam 30 metre, speed 22 knot, 
super-dreadnought, shipwreck, Bayern-class battleship, Imperial German Navy, Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, 

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  SM U-18 ⓘ
  1912 Type U 17 submarine

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  SM U-75 ⓘ
  1916 Type UE I submarine

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keel laying

1916-07-15T00:00:00Z

1916-07-15T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

1915-02-18T00:00:00Z

1915-02-18T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1529-05-19T00:00:00Z

1529-05-19T00:00:00Z

1529 Battle of Summerdale

1919-06-21T00:00:00Z

1919-06-21T00:00:00Z

1919 Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow

1939-10-14T00:00:00Z

1939-10-14T00:00:00Z

1939 Sinking of HMS Royal Oak

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SMS Bayern sinking (cropped)

'the Pride of the German Fleet' - the battleship 'bayern', the first German ship to carry 15-inch guns, surrenders, never having fired her guns in action Art.IWMART1636

Siegelmarke K. Marine Kommando S.M.S. Bayern W0357624

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R17811, Linienschiff "Bayern"

The German battleships 'Markgraf' and 'Bayern' in the Firth of Forth, November 1918 RMG PW1742

'The German High Seas Fleet caged in Scapa' RMG PW0928

SMS Bayern

SMS Bayern sinking

SMS Bayern Illu 02

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1529	Battle of Summerdale	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1919	Scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, naval battle, scuttling, German Empire	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1939	Sinking of HMS Royal Oak	United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, sinking, naval battle	Wikidata
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		Canmore page@		Wikidata
link	page		Drachinifel page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-18	Type U 17 submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-75	minelaying submarine, Type UE I submarine, U-boat	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Buchanan Battery,Stanger Head	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Burray Ness, anti-aircraft battery (WW1), Burray	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Golta, World War II Z Battery and Light AA Battery, Flotta	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Graemsay Battery, coast battery and camp	artillery battery, military base	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Holm Battery, coast artillery battery 195m SW of East Breckan	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Houton Head, battery 325m W of Sunnybraes	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Hoxa Battery and Balfour Battery, coastal battery complexes, Hoxa Head	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Mey Battery, battery 80m NE of Braes of Harrow	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Ness Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Ness Battery	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Ness Battery, gun emplacements 300m SSE of, Stromness	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Point of Avelshay, coastal battery, Rousay	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Quoy, anti-aircraft battery (WW2) and radar 220m WSW of	radar station, artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Rerwick Head, coastal battery (WW2) and camp	artillery battery, military base	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Roan Head, coastal battery and camp (WW1)	artillery battery, military base	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Scad Head, coast artillery battery, camp and railway, Hoy	artillery battery, military camp, industrial railway	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Skerry Battery, coast battery (WW2) 460m NNE of Bu	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Stanger Head Battery,Stanger Head	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Stromabank Hotel, anti-aircraft battery, radar site and camp 150m NW of	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Upper Sower, coastal battery N of, Clestrain	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Wasswick Battery, coastal battery complex 400m E of Queenamuckle	artillery battery	Wikidata
site	castle		Bishop's Palace	Historic Environment Scotland, episcopal palace, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1379	Kirkwall Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1566	Castle of Mey	historic house museum, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1569	Earl's Palace	castle	Wikidata
site	military base	1815	Hackness Martello Tower and Battery	military museum, Historic Environment Scotland, barracks, Martello tower	Wikidata
site	museum	1990	Scapa Flow Museum	naval museum, visitor center, museum	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		F 2	F-class escort ship, destroyer, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Endeavour	boom defence vessel, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Fiona	armed merchant cruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Imogen	I-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Loch Garry	naval trawler, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Pheasant	shipwreck, Admiralty M-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Poonah	shipwreck, minesweeper	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Roedean	shipwreck, minesweeper	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Rose Valley	naval trawler, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS Salvage King	naval tug, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		HMS X22	midget submarine, X-class submarine, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		MTB 712	shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SM UB-116	Type UB III submarine, shipwreck, U-boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS B109	B97-class destroyer, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS B110	B97-class destroyer, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS B111	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, B97-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS B112	B97-class destroyer, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Bayern	super-dreadnought, shipwreck, Bayern-class battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Bremse	minelaying cruiser, shipwreck, Brummer-class cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Cöln	shipwreck, light cruiser, Cöln-class cruiser, cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Derfflinger	shipwreck, Derfflinger-class battlecruiser, battlecruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Emden	shipwreck, light cruiser, cruiser, Königsberg-class cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Friedrich der Grosse	Kaiser-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G 86	shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G 89	shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G 91	shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G 92	shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G101	G101-class torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G102	G101-class torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G103	G101-class torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G104	G101-class torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G38	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, G37-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G39	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, G37-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS G40	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, G37-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Grosser Kurfürst	shipwreck, König-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS H145	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, H145-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Hindenburg	shipwreck, Derfflinger-class battlecruiser, battlecruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Kaiser	Kaiser-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Kaiserin	shipwreck, Kaiser-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Karlsruhe	light cruiser, shipwreck, Königsberg-class cruiser, cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS König	shipwreck, König-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS König Albert	shipwreck, Kaiser-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Kronprinz	shipwreck, König-class battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Markgraf	König-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Moltke	shipwreck, Moltke-class battlecruiser, battlecruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Prinzregent Luitpold	Kaiser-class battleship, shipwreck, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S131	S131-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S132	S131-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S136	S131-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S137	S131-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S138	S131-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S32	S31-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S36	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, S31-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S49	S49-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S50	S49-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S51	S49-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S52	S49-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S53	S53-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S55	large torpedo boat of German navy, S53-class large torpedo boat, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S56	S53-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S60	S53-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS S65	S53-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Seydlitz	battlecruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V100	V99-class destroyer, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V125	V125-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V126	V125-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V127	V125-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V128	V125-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V129	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, V125-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V43	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, V43-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V44	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, V43-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V45	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, V43-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V46	large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer, V43-class large torpedo boat	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V70	V67-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V73	V67-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V78	V67-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V80	V67-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V82	V67-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS V83	V67-class large torpedo boat, large torpedo boat of German navy, shipwreck, destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck		SMS Von der Tann	battlecruiser, shipwreck	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1903	HMS Hampshire	Devonshire-class armored cruiser, shipwreck, armored cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1909	HMS Vanguard	St. Vincent-class dreadnought battleship, shipwreck, dreadnought, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1915	HMS Opal	shipwreck, destroyer, Admiralty M-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1916	HMS Narborough	shipwreck, destroyer, Admiralty M-class destroyer	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1916	SMS Brummer	minelaying cruiser, shipwreck, Brummer-class cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1916	HMS Royal Oak	shipwreck, Revenge-class super-dreadnought battleship, battleship	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1917	SMS Nürnberg	light cruiser, shipwreck, Königsberg-class cruiser	Wikidata
site	shipwreck	1918	SMS Dresden	shipwreck, Cöln-class cruiser, cruiser	Wikidata
site	tower	1812	Crockness Martello Tower	Martello tower	Wikidata
commons	image		SMS Bayern sinking (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		'the Pride of the German Fleet' - the battleship 'bayern', the first German ship to carry 15-inch guns, surrenders, never having fired her guns in action Art.IWMART1636		Commons
commons	image		Siegelmarke K. Marine Kommando S.M.S. Bayern W0357624		Commons
commons	image		Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R17811, Linienschiff "Bayern"		Commons
commons	image		The German battleships 'Markgraf' and 'Bayern' in the Firth of Forth, November 1918 RMG PW1742		Commons
commons	image		'The German High Seas Fleet caged in Scapa' RMG PW0928		Commons
commons	image		SMS Bayern		Commons
commons	image		SMS Bayern sinking		Commons
commons	image		SMS Bayern Illu 02		Commons