The Hildebrand (4000/4236 ts) was launched on Aug. 6th, 1892 by the Kaiserliche Werft at Kiel, hull number 20 as a fourth class ironclad.
She took part in several manoeuvres since 1893 and was re-designated as a coastal defence ship in 1899.
In WW I Hildebrand protected the German coastline...