Barbaros Hayreddin (SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm)
The SMS Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm was one of the first battleships of the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1893. Her only combat tour was when she supported the German troops during the Boxer Rebellion. In 1910 she was sold to the Ottoman Empire and renamed the Barbaros Hayreddin. She saw heavy combat during the Balkan Wars, providing artillery support to the Ottoman forces in Thrace. She fought the Greek Navy at the Battle of Elli and the Battle of Lemnos in 1912. The old battleship was partially disarmed and her guns used as coastal defenses when the Ottoman Empire joined the Central Powers.
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