SMS Hessen
SMS Hessen was the third of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class. Named after the state of Hesse, the ship was armed with a battery of four 28 cm guns and had a top speed of 18 knots. Hessen’s peacetime career centered on squadron and fleet exercises and training cruises. She was decommissioned in December 1916, disarmed and used as...
