SMS Kaiser was the lead ship of her class of battleships of the Imperial
German Navy. The ship was built by the Imperial Dockyard at Kiel,
launched on 22 March 1911, and commissioned in August 1912 with ten
30.5-centimeter (12.0 in) guns and a top speed of 23.4 knots
(43.3 km/h; 26.9 mph). Kaiser was assigned to the Third Squadron of
the High Seas Fleet for the majority of World War I. The ship
participated in most of the major fleet operations of the war, including
the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, where she was hit
once, suffering negligible damage. The ship was also present during
Operation Albion in the Baltic Sea in September and October 1917, and at
the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight in November 1917. After the war
she was interned with other ships of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow
in Scotland. In June 1919 the commander of the interned fleet, Rear
Admiral Ludwig von Reuter, ordered the fleet to be scuttled to ensure
that the British would not be able to seize the ships. Kaiser's wreck
was raised in 1929 and broken up in Rosyth in 1930.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Kaiser_(1911)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
238:
Because of his father's advanced age, Gordian II was proclaimed
joint Roman emperor with Gordian I.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_I>
1784:
The Emerald Buddha was installed in its current location at the
Wat Phra Kaew on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Buddha>
1933:
The Holocaust: Construction of the first Nazi concentration
camp at Dachau was completed.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp>
1942:
Second World War: The Royal Navy confronted Italy's Regia
Marina at the Second Battle of Sirte in the Mediterranean Sea near the
Gulf of Sirte.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Sirte>
1992:
USAir Flight 405 crashed shortly after liftoff from New York
City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect
that ice has on aircraft.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAir_Flight_405>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
hydronym:
(onomastics) The name of a river, lake, sea or any other body of water.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hydronym>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
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