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Beowulf

Küstenpanzerschiff 1892 - 1921  Siegfried  Class

   Info   History   Operations   Technical Data   1:1250 Model 
April - May 1892:   Trials and final construction.
19.06.1892:   Attached to the Maneuver Squadron (Manövergeschwader).
30.7.-08.08.1892:   Escorts the Imperial yacht Kaiseradler during the Cowes-Race.
Autumn 1892:   Participation in the first autumn fleet maneuvers.
1893:   Attached to the 2nd Division
1894:   Used as a training ship.
02.10.1894-01.08.1895:   Repairs because of major boiler problems.
Oct - Nov 1895:   Autumn fleet maneuvers and two voyages in the Baltic Sea.
13.10.1896:   After the annual autumn fleet maneuvers, the Beowulf breaks down with a major engines failure.
-03.08.1897:   Repairs in Kiel and Wilhelmshaven.
13.09.1897:   Autumn fleet maneuvers, again a major engine  breakdown takes place.
-01.10.1897:   Repairs in Wilhelmshaven.
31.05.-11.06.1898:   Voyage to Molde, Norway.
12-19.11.1898:   Voyage to Gravesend.
15.05.1900:   Decommissioned because of a major reconstruction. The ship is cut into two pieces and a additional segment is added.
01.07.1902:   Recommissioned after trials.
Autumn 1902:   Autumn fleet maneuvers.
25.09.1902:   Decommissioned
08.07.1903:   Recommissioned and participation in the annual fleet maneuvers.
23.09.1904:   Decommissioned.
Jul - Sep 1909:   Recommissioned for three months, used during fleet maneuvers.
12.08.1914:   At the outbreak of World War I, Beowulf is put into active service again and used for coastal defence
duties.
04.05.1915:   Sent into the Baltic Sea.
May - Jul 1915:   Beowulf is conducting several coastal bombardments in the Baltic Sea.
12.07-08.09.1915:   Repairs.
08.09.1915:   Sent back into the North Sea and used for coastal defence again.
12.03.1917:   Decommissioned.
Dec 1917 - Mar 1918:   Used as an ice breaker in the Baltic Sea.
27.05.-24.07.1918 :   Repairs.
30.11.1918:   Put out of service in Danzig.
1921:   Scrapped.

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