SMS Hindenburg was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine, the third ship of the Derfflinger class, built to a slightly modified design. She was laid down in October 1913 and launched in Aug
Hindenburg at anchor at Scapa Flow
Launch of Hindenburg, 1 August 1915
Hindenburg steams to Scapa Flow
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a German military officer and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I and later became President of Germany from 1
SMS Hindenburg
…that allowed them to fire farther. The ship was also slightly larger and faster than her two sister ships. She was named in honor of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, the victor of the Battle of Tannenberg and the Battle of the Masurian Lakes, as well as the supreme commander of the German armies from 1916. Construction…
Hindenburg as a cadet in Wahlstatt (1860)
House of Hindenburg in Posen (Poznań) on Podgórna Street (former Hindenburgstrasse)
Hindenburg as a lieutenant in the 3rd Garderegiment in 1870[clarification needed]