SMS Wiesbaden
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SMS
Wiesbaden was a German light cruiser laid down at AG
Vulkan in Stettin in 1913, and was launched in January
1915. She was hastily rushed through sea trials, and
assigned to Hochseeflotte in August the same year. The
year after she took part in the Battle of Jutland 30 May -
1 June 1916. She was hit in the engine rooms by the
British battle cruiser HMS Invincible and was disabled.
She stayed in the fight and was battered and severely
wounded, until she sank early in the morning after. Only
one man from the crew of 560 men survived the battle. The
battered wreck was found by German navy divers in 1983.
The wreck is pretty much broken up, and rest upside down
on a depth of 40 to 50 meter outside the west coast of
Denmark. Also see the fate of her sister ship SMS Frankfurt.
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 Picture: SMS Frankfurt, sister ship of SMS Wiesbaden Wikipedia, Public Domain Last updated: May 2019 |
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