German Battleship Braunschweig Country: Germany Type: Battleship Service: 1904 - 1917 Ships in class: 5

The Braunschweig class battleships were pre-dreadnought battleships of the Kaiserliche Marine. At the start of the First World War, the members of the Braunschweig class were assigned to IV Battle Squadron, and tasked with coastal defense duties. In 1916, Hessen was assigned to II Battle Squadron, and participated in the Battle of Jutland. By 1917, all of the ships of the class had been withdrawn from combat units, and relegated to auxiliary duties. In the years following World War I, plans to rebuild the battleships as coastal defense ships were abandoned and the ships were eventually scrapped.

Braunschweig class battleships: Braunschweig; Elsass; Hessen; Preussen; Lothringen.