The Nassau class was a group of four dreadnought battleships built for
the Imperial German Navy in the mid-1900s. The class comprised Nassau,
Rheinland (pictured), Posen, and Westfalen. All four were laid down in
mid-1907, and completed by late 1910. The battleships adopted a main
battery of twelve 28 cm (11 in) guns in six twin-gun turrets. The
ships served as II Division, I Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet
for the duration of their careers. From 1910 to 1914, they participated
in squadron exercises, training cruises, and fleet maneuvers. During
World War I, the ships took part in operations intended to isolate and
destroy parts of the numerically superior British Grand Fleet. These
culminated in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, where the ships helped to
sink HMS Black Prince, an armored cruiser. They also saw service in the
Baltic Sea against the Russian Empire. After the war, all four ships
were ceded to the Allied powers and broken up. (This article is part of
a featured topic: Battleships of Germany.).
Read more:
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1547:
Nine-year-old Edward VI, the first English monarch to be
raised as a Protestant, became king.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VI>
1813:
English author Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice was
published, using material from an unpublished manuscript originally
written between 1796 and 1797.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice>
1958:
The Lego Group, a Danish toy company, filed a patent in Denmark
for the design of Lego bricks (pictured).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego>
1984:
Tropical Storm Domoina made landfall in southern Mozambique,
causing some of the most severe flooding recorded in the region.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Domoina>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
obnoxious:
1. Extremely offensive or unpleasant; very annoying, contemptible, or
odious.
2. (archaic or obsolete) Exposed or vulnerable to something, especially
harm or injury.
3. (obsolete)
4. Causing harm or injury; harmful, hurtful, injurious.
5. Deserving of blame or punishment; blameworthy, guilty.
6. Under the authority or power of someone; subject, subordinate; hence,
deferential, submissive, subservient.
7. Followed by to: likely to do something.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/obnoxious>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the
world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making. To use for our
exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.
--José Martí
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%AD>
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