Service history SMS Siegfried

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siegfried in drydock in danzig


siegfried laid down in 1888 @ germaniawerft shipyard in kiel. launched on 10 august 1889, , completed on 19 april 1890. commissioned fleet on 29 april, , joined division of german fleet, along older ironclads baden, bayern, , oldenburg, under vizeadmiral karl deinhard. division participated in several fleet maneuvers in 1891, typically served german side in war games. siegfried did not participate in 1892 maneuvers, having been replaced in division recently-commissioned sister ship beowulf.


over winter of 1892 - 1893, siegfried , beowulf joined elderly ironclads könig wilhelm , deutschland winter training cruise in mediterranean sea. siegfried again sat out 1893 fleet maneuvers, instead of sister frithjof, had joined fleet. in 1897 maneuvers, siegfried , 5 of sister ships formed iii division. in 1898, siegfried again participated in annual summer maneuvers in iii division, along beowulf , hildebrand. other 3 sisters assigned iv division. during 1900 summer maneuvers, siegfried served in simulated hostile squadron, alongside heimdall, hildebrand, , Ägir.


siegfried served on active duty until 1903, when withdrawn service. starting in 1903, taken drydock @ kaiserliche werft shipyard in danzig extensive reconstruction. ship lengthened 86.13 m (282.6 ft), increased displacement 4,237 t (4,170 long tons; 4,670 short tons). old boilers replaced 8 new marine type boilers, , second funnel added. secondary battery increased ten 8.8 cm guns, , 35 cm torpedo tubes replaced 3 45 cm (18 in) tubes. work completed 1904.


she brought on active duty @ outbreak of world war in august 1914, , mobilized vi battle squadron coastal defense, along sister ships. on 31 august 1915, vi battle squadron demobilized, , siegfried s crew transferred other warships. used barracks ship in wilhelmshaven, role filled until end of war. on 17 june 1919, stricken naval register. navy planned convert salvage ship, plan abandoned , instead sold 425,000 marks h. peters in wewelsfleth. siegfried broken scrap following year in kiel-nordmole.








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