SMS Odin was an Imperial German Navy coastal defense ship (1896-1915), lead ship of her class, used for training and wireless tech, serving in WWI as coastal defense before becoming a tender, then sold as a freighter and scrapped in 1935; she was a compact, innovative warship for her time, later obsolete but useful, never firing in anger before her peaceful end. #smsodin #reel #odin #fyp #battleship #instagood #navy #history #reels #learneveryday #instadaily #ship #facebook #facebookreels #fbpro

The SMS Mecklenburg ("His Majesty's Ship Mecklenburg") was a German pre-dreadnought battleship, the fifth of the Wittelsbach-class, built for the Imperial German Navy around 1900-1903, serving in peacetime training and later in WWI's 4th Battle Squadron before being disarmed and used as a barracks ship, eventually scrapped after the war. Key features included four 24 cm main guns, heavy armor, and a design based on the earlier Kaiser Friedrich III class. #trending #viral #fypage #facebook #insta