König Class (Battleships)

found: Work cat.: Staff, G. German battleships 1914-1918 (2), Kaiser, König and Bayern classes, 2010.

found: Wikipedia, August 26, 2010(the König class was a group of four battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine on the eve of World War I; the class was composed of König, Groser Kurforst, Markgraf, and Kronprinz; the most powerful warships of the German High Seas Fleet at the outbreak of war in 1914, the class operated as a unit throughout World War I, the V Division of the III Battle Squadron; the ships took part in a number of fleet operations during the war, including the Battle of Jutland, where they acted as the vanguard of the German line; they survived the war and were interned at Scapa Flow in November 1918; all four ships were scuttled on 21 June 1919 when Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the sinking of the entire High Seas Fleet)