Military Units and Formations of the Balkan Wars: Military Units and Formations of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars, SMS Weissenburg

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Military units and formations of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkan Wars, SMS Weissenburg, Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof, III Corps, IV Corps, Greek destroyer Lonchi, VIII Corps, Chataldja Army, Ottoman fleet organisation during the Balkan Wars, Bulgarian torpedo boat Drazki, VI Corps, VII Corps, Greek submarine Delfin, 8th Infantry Division, Greek destroyer Leon, Greek destroyer Panthir, Vardar Army, Greek destroyer Niki, Greek destroyer Sfendoni, Greek destroyer Keravnos, Greek battleship Spetsai, Greek battleship Psara, Greek destroyer Velos, Greek destroyer Nafkratousa, Greek destroyer Doxa, Eastern Army, Greek battleship Hydra, Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps, Greek destroyer Aspis, Greek destroyer Nea Genea, Montenegrin Border General Forces, K rcaali Detachment, Second Eastern Army, Yanya Corps, Western Army, Pri tine Detachment, kodra Corps, Ta l ca Detachment, pek Detachment, Struma Corps, Firzovik Detachment. Excerpt: SMS Weissenburg was one of the first ocean-going battleships of the German Imperial Navy. She was the third pre-dreadnought of the Brandenburg class, along with her sister ships Brandenburg, Worth, and Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm. She was laid down in 1890 in the AG Vulcan dockyard in Stettin, launched in 1891, and completed in 1894. The Brandenburg class battleships were unique for their era in that they carried six large-caliber guns in three twin turrets, as opposed to four guns in two turrets, as was the standard in other navies. The British Royal Navy derisively referred to the ships as whalers. Weissenburg saw limited active duty during her service career with the German fleet. She, along with her three sisters, saw one major overseas deployment, to China in 1900-01, during the Boxer Rebellion. The ship underwent a major modernization in 1902-1904. In 1910, Weissenbu...