German Battleship Brandenburg Country: Germany Type: Battleship Service: 1893 - 1915 Ships in class: 4

The four Brandenburg class pre-dreadnought battleships were Germany's first ocean-going battleships and the first to be fitted with wireless communications. Their names were Brandenburg, Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm, Weissenburg, and Worth. All were laid down in 1890 and completed by 1893, except for Weissenburg, which was completed in 1894. Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm and Weissenburg were sold to the Ottoman Empire in 1910 and renamed Haireddin Barbarossa and Torgut Reis respectively. The two others remained in German naval service. The Brandenburg class battleship was obsolete by the start of World War I, and only served in a limited capacity in the Imperial German Navy, initially used for coast defense, until being relegated to the auxiliary role of barracks ship by 1915 and scrapped by 1920.

Brandenburg class battleships: Brandenburg; Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm; Weissenburg; and Worth.