SMS Baden (1880)
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SMS Baden was one of four Sachsen-class armored frigates of the German Kaiserliche Marine. Her sister ships were Sachsen, Bayern, and Württemberg. Baden was built in the Kaiserliche Marine in Kiel from 1876 to 1883. The ship was commissioned into the Imperial Navy in September 1883. She was armed with a main battery of six 26 cm (10.2 in) guns in two open barbettes.
Lithograph of Baden in 1900
Baden early in her career
Baden steaming at high speed, sometime after 1892
The German fleet at anchor around 1896; the four Sachsen-class ironclads are at right
SMS Hertha
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SMS Hertha was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the German Imperial Navy in the 1890s. Hertha was laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in 1895, launched in April 1897, and commissioned into the Navy in July 1898. The ship was armed with a battery of two 21 cm guns and eight 15 cm guns and had a top speed of 19 knots.
SMS Hertha in the United States
A 1902 lithograph of Hertha
Depiction of the storming of the Taku Forts
Hertha in the United States during the Hudson–Fulton Celebration