SMS Schlesien
Schlesien

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
Friedrich Schichau
Danzig, Germany

Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
May 28, 1906
Keel Laid:
1905
Completed:
May 5, 1908
Fate:
Hit a mine on May 3, 1945 and was grounded to avoid sinking at Zinnowitz, Germany.
The wreck was blown up on May 4, 1945 and was scrapped on site between 1949-1956.



Builder's Data
Page published Mar. 17, 2007