German battleship Schleswig-Holstein

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pre-dreadnought battleship warship

The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein was a pre-dreadnought warship of the Imperial German Navy, later used by Nazi Germany, best known for firing the opening shots of World War II during the attack on Westerplatte in 1939.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	pre-dreadnought battleship → warship →
armament	4 × 28 cm (11 in) main guns → secondary battery of 17 cm and 8.8 cm guns → torpedo tubes →
attacked	Westerplatte →
builder	Germaniawerft →
builtAt	Kiel →
commissioned	1908 →
countryOfOrigin	German Empire →
crewComplement	approximately 700–800 officers and men →
damagedBy	Soviet forces →
date	Battle of Jutland 31 May–1 June 1916 → attack on Westerplatte 1 September 1939 →
displacement	approximately 13,000 tons standard →
fate	hulk raised and used for target practice after World War II →
firedOpeningShotsOf	German invasion of Poland →
flagshipOf	German training squadron (various periods) →
laidDown	1905 →
launched	1906 →
length	approximately 127 meters →
locationDuringEvent	Danzig harbor →
maximumSpeed	approximately 18 knots →
modernized	interwar years →
namedAfter	Province of Schleswig-Holstein →
navalEnsign	Imperial German war ensign → Kriegsmarine war ensign → Reichsmarine war ensign →
notableEvent	fired opening shots of World War II →
operator	Imperial German Navy → Kriegsmarine → Reichsmarine →
propulsion	triple-expansion steam engines →
reclassifiedAs	training ship in interwar period →
role	gunnery training ship → training ship →
scrapped	post-World War II →
servedInConflict	World War I → World War II →
shipClass	Deutschland-class battleship →
sunk	1945 →
sunkAt	Gotenhafen (Gdynia) →
tookPartIn	Battle of Jutland →
usedBy	Nazi Germany →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
German attack on Westerplatte →	usedShip