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Another refurbished German pre-dreadnought article, this one was the second fleet flagship, and the first specifically built as a flagship. During WWI, she served primarily as the headquarters for the HSF commanders and was scrapped after the end of the war. Thanks to all who take the time to review
271:"at the Kaiserliche Werft in Wilhelmshaven, under construction number 24" - I wasn't quite sure what the last bit meant. Was the ship number 24 in a list? Or was a construction order no. 24, which included the ship? Or is it a place? 425:"The maneuvers began with exercises in the German Bight, followed by a mock attack on the fortifications in the lower Elbe. Gunnery drills took place in Kiel Bay before the fleet steamed to Danzig Bay;" 429:"The autumn maneuvers consisted of a blockade exercise in the North Sea, a cruise of the entire fleet first to Norwegian waters and then to Kiel in early September, and finally a mock attack on Kiel." 359:
A lot of the comments I made on the SMS Wörth article are relevant here on the infobox and description. It would be very helpful if you'd apply them across the board before bringing them here.
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How does forcing to 500px look? And the Koester photo was published in 1915 according to the source, so the PD-US-1923 tag seems to be in order. As for Hugo Graf, according to
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Hmm, I figured I'd get questions at FAC about what the maneuvers were actually like since the article talks a lot about them. I take it you mean bits like
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Thanks for reviewing the article MB - and look, it's only taken until 2014 for me to write an article with nothing for you to correct!
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That's a lot of information on training exercises, etc. Can that be condensed somewhat?--
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Yeah, but then you wouldn't have anything to comment on. Besides, I'm lazy :P
303:. IIRC, Kaiserliche Werft was a pretty new facility when the ship was built.-- 179: 110:
needs a US PD tag. Also, what was the year of death for the creator of
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Landing operation should be linked to amphibious warfare.
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You know, I've never seen it explained specifically.
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That Anglo-German relations were not at their best.
388:Added the first two, but there's no good link for 258:Good point - I went with your second suggestion. 385:Link armored frigate, corvette, boiler tube. 321:was founded in 1871, and especially so since 8: 332:and they only began building ships in 1855. 112:File:S.M._Linienschiff_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II.jpg 18:Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Military history 451:Great article, I have nothing to nag about 192:I went with "The visit was strained by the 7: 33:The following discussion is closed. 28: 484:The discussion above is closed. 206:Sounds good to me. Thanks Dan. 1: 476:14:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC) 461:08:45, 14 February 2014 (UTC) 441:14:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC) 419:01:38, 14 February 2014 (UTC) 379:in the class the other day :P 342:14:04, 14 February 2014 (UTC) 313:01:38, 14 February 2014 (UTC) 295:20:22, 13 February 2014 (UTC) 281:15:17, 13 February 2014 (UTC) 243:22:42, 11 February 2014 (UTC) 216:13:14, 12 February 2014 (UTC) 202:00:41, 12 February 2014 (UTC) 188:00:04, 12 February 2014 (UTC) 59:00:08, 15 February 2014 (UTC) 317:That's unlikely, given that 194:Anglo-German naval arms race 157:20:37, 17 January 2014 (UTC) 143:16:54, 17 January 2014 (UTC) 124:05:42, 17 January 2014 (UTC) 99:20:24, 13 January 2014 (UTC) 364:But for what it's worth, I 507: 368:copy the changes from the 487:Please do not modify it. 396:, which is linked above. 36:Please do not modify it. 299:I suspect that it's a 237:are my edits. - Dank ( 251:with minor comments: 65:SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II 231:standard disclaimer 266:Sounds good to me. 394:water-tube boiler 380: 325:Kaiser Barbarossa 133:he died in 1914. 83: 498: 489: 430: 426: 363: 147:Better, thanks. 71: 38: 506: 505: 501: 500: 499: 497: 496: 495: 494: 485: 372:infobox to the 68: 34: 26: 25: 24: 12: 11: 5: 504: 502: 493: 492: 480: 479: 478: 446: 445: 444: 443: 407: 406: 405: 399: 398: 397: 383: 382: 381: 351: 350: 349: 348: 347: 346: 345: 344: 330:Schichau-Werke 269: 268: 267: 261: 260: 259: 246: 245: 224: 223: 222: 221: 220: 219: 218: 162: 161: 160: 159: 87: 85: 84: 73:Nominator(s): 67: 62: 43: 42: 41: 29: 27: 15: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 503: 491: 488: 482: 481: 477: 473: 469: 465: 464: 463: 462: 458: 454: 453:MisterBee1966 450: 442: 438: 434: 422: 421: 420: 416: 412: 411:Sturmvogel 66 408: 403: 402: 400: 395: 391: 387: 386: 384: 378: 375: 371: 367: 361: 360: 358: 357: 356: 355: 343: 339: 335: 331: 327: 326: 320: 316: 315: 314: 310: 306: 305:Sturmvogel 66 302: 298: 297: 296: 292: 288: 284: 283: 282: 278: 274: 270: 265: 264: 262: 257: 256: 254: 253: 252: 250: 244: 240: 236: 232: 229:on prose per 228: 225: 217: 213: 209: 205: 204: 203: 199: 195: 191: 190: 189: 185: 181: 177: 176: 174: 173: 172: 170: 166: 158: 154: 150: 146: 145: 144: 140: 136: 132: 128: 127: 126: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 105: 101: 100: 96: 92: 89:the article. 82: 80: 76: 70: 69: 66: 63: 61: 60: 56: 52: 48: 40: 37: 31: 30: 23: 19: 486: 483: 448: 447: 369: 365: 353: 352: 328:was #640 at 324: 248: 247: 239:push to talk 226: 198:push to talk 169:push to talk 164: 163: 131:this website 103: 102: 86: 72: 51:Anotherclown 46: 44: 35: 32: 390:boiler tube 301:yard number 196:." - Dank ( 404:Good idea. 149:Nikkimaria 116:Nikkimaria 22:Assessment 468:Parsecboy 433:Parsecboy 334:Parsecboy 287:Parsecboy 208:Parsecboy 180:Parsecboy 135:Parsecboy 91:Parsecboy 75:Parsecboy 392:besides 377:articles 354:Comments 273:Hchc2009 165:Comments 47:promoted 45:Article 20:‎ | 449:Support 249:Support 227:Support 104:Images 374:other 370:Wörth 235:These 16:< 472:talk 457:talk 437:talk 427:and 415:talk 338:talk 323:SMS 309:talk 291:talk 277:talk 212:talk 184:talk 153:talk 139:talk 120:talk 95:talk 79:talk 55:talk 366:did 319:KWW 171:) 474:) 459:) 439:) 431:? 417:) 340:) 311:) 293:) 279:) 241:) 233:. 214:) 200:) 186:) 155:) 141:) 122:) 114:? 97:) 57:) 49:. 470:( 455:( 435:( 413:( 336:( 307:( 289:( 275:( 210:( 182:( 151:( 137:( 118:( 93:( 81:) 77:( 53:(

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Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Military history
Assessment
Anotherclown
talk
00:08, 15 February 2014 (UTC)
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II
Parsecboy
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Parsecboy
talk
20:24, 13 January 2014 (UTC)
File:Koester,_Admiral_Hans_von,_Agence_Rol,_BNF_Gallica.jpg
File:S.M._Linienschiff_Kaiser_Wilhelm_II.jpg
Nikkimaria
talk
05:42, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
this website
Parsecboy
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16:54, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
Nikkimaria
talk
20:37, 17 January 2014 (UTC)
push to talk
Parsecboy
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00:04, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
Anglo-German naval arms race
push to talk
00:41, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

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