Imperial Navy. The vessel was launched in February 1915 and entered
service in July 1916, too late to take part in the Battle of Jutland.
Her main armament consisted of eight 38 cm (15 in) guns in four
turrets, which was a significant improvement over the preceding
König 's ten 30.5 cm (12 inch) guns. The ship was to have led a
battle squadron of four ships in the High Seas Fleet, but only Baden was
completed; the other two ships were cancelled when wartime production
requirements shifted to U-boat construction. Bayern 's first
assignment was on an abortive fleet advance into the North Sea, a month
after she had been commissioned. The ship also participated in Operation
Albion in the Gulf of Riga, but shortly after the German attack began in
October 1917, Bayern was mined and had to be withdrawn for repairs. She
was interned with the majority of the High Seas Fleet in Scapa Flow,
Scotland, in November 1918 following the end of World War I. On 21 June
1919, Admiral Ludwig von Reuter ordered the fleet to be scuttled, and
Bayern was sunk. In September 1934, the ship was raised, towed to
Rosyth, and scrapped.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Bayern>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1637:
Eighty Years' War: Off the coast of Cornwall, England, a
Spanish fleet intercepted an important Anglo-Dutch merchant convoy of 44
vessels escorted by 6 warships, destroying or capturing 20 of them.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_off_Lizard_Point>
1766:
A mutiny by captive Malagasy began at sea on the slave ship
Meermin, leading to the ship's destruction on Cape Agulhas in present-
day South Africa and the recapture of the instigators.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meermin_slave_mutiny>
1873:
Vasil Levski (pictured), the national hero of Bulgaria, was
executed in Sofia by Ottoman authorities for his efforts to establish an
independent Bulgarian republic.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasil_Levski>
1942:
World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army began the systematic
extermination of perceived hostile elements among Chinese Singaporeans.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sook_Ching>
2001:
Inter-ethnic violence between Dayaks and Madurese broke out in
Sampit, Indonesia, that would ultimately result in more than 500 deaths
and 100,000 Madurese displaced from their homes.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampit_conflict>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
artisanal:
1. Of or pertaining to artisans or the work of artisans.
2. Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery.
3. (of an item, especially a foodstuff) Made by an artisan (skilled
worker).
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/artisanal>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It's enough to have faith in one aspect of God. You have
faith in God without form. That is very good. But never get into your
head that your faith alone is true and every other is false. Know for
certain that God without form is real and that God with form is also
real. Then hold fast to whichever faith appeals to you.
--Ramakrishna
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ramakrishna>
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