S.M.S. Wettin was a pre-'dreadnought' battleship of the Wittelsbach class built for the Imperial German Navy by Schicau at Wilhelmshaven and launched on 6^th June 1901. Named for the ruling house of Saxony, she displaced 12,596 tons and measured 416 feet in length with a 75 foot beam. Impressively armed and capable of 17½ knots at full steam, she entered service in October 1902 but had become obsolete by 1911 when she became an artillery school ship. Later converted into a depot ship for mine-sweeping launches and modified to carry twelve F-boats on her main foredeck, she survived the Great War only to be scapped in 1921-22.