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SMS Weissenburg was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Brandenburg-class battleship built for the Imperial German Navy. She was laid down in 1890 in Stettin, launched in 1891, and completed in 1894. Weissenburg's first 20 years of service were generally limited to training exercises to develop German naval tactical doctrine, and goodwill visits to foreign ports. She saw one overseas deployment, to China in 1900 and 1901, during the Boxer Rebellion. In 1910, Weissenburg was sold to the Ottoman Empire and renamed Turgut Reis. She saw heavy service during the Balkan Wars, primarily providing artillery support to Ottoman ground forces, and taking part in the battles of Elli and Lemnos in 1912. Both were defeats for the Ottoman Navy. In World War I, she supported the fortresses protecting the Dardanelles through mid-1915, and was decommissioned in August 1915. She was broken up in 1950.

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Hi and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 23:28, 9 January 2020 (UTC)