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All About SMS K�nig
SMS K�nig was the first of four dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I
K�nig (Eng: "King") was named in honor of King William II of W�rttemberg
Laid down in October 1911, the ship was launched on 1 March 1913
Final construction on K�nig was completed shortly after the outbreak of World War I; she was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 9 August 1914.
Along with her three sister ships,, , and, K�nig took part in most of the fleet actions during the war
As the leading ship in the German line on 31 May 1916 in the Battle of Jutland, K�nig was heavily engaged by several British battleships and suffered ten large-caliber shell hits
In October 1917, she forced the Russian pre-dreadnought battleship to scuttle herself in the Battle of Moon Sound, which followed Germany's successful Operation Albion.
K�nig was interned, along with the majority of the High Seas Fleet, in Scapa Flow in November 1918 following the Armistice
On 21 June 1919, Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter gave the order to scuttle the fleet, including K�nig, while the British guard ships were out of the harbor on exercises
Unlike most of the scuttled ships, K�nig was never raised for scrapping; the wreck is still on the bottom of the bay.