SMS Lothringen was the last of five pre-dreadnought battleships of the Braunschweig class built for the Imperial German Navy. Launched in May 1904, she was named for the then-German province of Lothringen. The ship was armed with a battery of four 28 cm (11 in) guns and had a top speed of 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph). She was to be replaced in July 1914 by dreadnought battleships but World War I prevented her retirement. The ship and the rest of II Squadron joined the dreadnoughts of the High Seas Fleet to support a raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool, and Whitby in December 1914. She primarily served as a guard ship in the German Bight; in poor condition by 1916, she was withdrawn from fleet service in February. She thereafter patrolled the Danish straits until replaced by the battleship Hannover in September 1917. After the war, she was converted into a depot ship for F-type minesweepers and placed in reserve in March 1920. (This article is part of a featured topic: Battleships of Germany.).
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1799:
War of the Second Coalition: Austrian forces defeated the French Army of the Danube, capturing the strategically important Swiss town of Winterthur. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Winterthur
1954:
The security clearance of American nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, head of Project Y, was revoked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppenheimer_security_clearance_hearing
1967:
Australians voted overwhelmingly for the number of Indigenous Australians to be included in population counts for constitutional purposes and for the federal government to make laws for their benefit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Australian_referendum_%28Aboriginals%29
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milliner: 1. (archaic) A person who sells (women's) apparel, accessories, and other decorative goods, especially those originally manufactured in Milan. 2. (specifically) A person involved in the design, manufacture, or sale of hats for women. 3. To manufacture (women's apparel, specifically hats); also, to supply (someone) with women's apparel, specifically hats. 4. (figurative) To adorn or decorate (something). https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/milliner
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
All is repose and peace, Untrampled lies the sod; The shouts of battle cease, It is the Truce of God! Rest, comrades, rest and sleep! The thoughts of men shall be As sentinels to keep Your rest from danger free. Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours. --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Wadsworth_Longfellow