Wikipedia article of the day for June 1, 2026
The Wikipedia article of the day for June 1, 2026 is SMS Westfalen . SMS Westfalen was a Nassau-class dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial German Navy. Laid down in 1907 and launched in July 1908, she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in November 1909. She was equipped with a main battery of twelve 28 cm (11 in) guns in six twin turrets using an unusual hexagonal arrangement (pictured). Westfalen saw extensive service in the North Sea in the early years of World War I. In the early hours of 1 June 1916, she was heavily engaged in fighting against British light forces during the Battle of Jutland, severely damaging several British destroyers. On another fleet sortie in August 1916, she was damaged by a torpedo from a British submarine. Later in the war, Westfalen participated in sorties into the Baltic Sea against the Russian Navy, and to support the White Finns in the Finnish Civil War. She was ceded to the Allies after the war and broken up in 1924. (This article is...
