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.

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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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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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