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SMS Pommern was one of five Deutschland-class pre-dreadnought battleships built for the Imperial German Navy. Named after the province of Pomerania, the ship was launched in 1905. Pommern was assigned to II Battle Squadron, which was tasked in the first years of World War I with defending the German Bight and making occasional sorties into the North Sea, culminating in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916. The Deutschland-class battleships briefly engaged the British battlecruisers commanded by David Beatty late on the first day, and Pommern was hit once by a 12 in (30.5 cm) shell from the battlecruiser HMS Indomitable. During the confused night actions, the battleship was hit by one, or possibly two, torpedoes from the British destroyer HMS Onslaught, detonating one of the gun magazines. The explosion broke the ship in half and killed the entire crew. Pommern was the only battleship of either side sunk during the battle. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battleships of Germany.)
Parsecboy, here's the last ship for 2018. Thoughts and edits are welcome. - Dank (push to talk) 03:16, 15 December 2019 (UTC)