I raro i te ingoa Ersatz Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm i whakahaua, ka hanga i te AG Vulcan shipyard i Hamburg i raro i te hanga tau 4. I whakatakotoria tona keel i Oketopa 1911 a i whakarewahia ia i te 5 o Mei 1913. I tana huihuinga whakarewatanga, ka iriiria e Prince Oskar o Prussia te kaipuke. Na te kaha o nga taumahatanga torangapu i Uropi i waenganui o te tau 1914, ka tere haere te mahi hanga whakamutunga, na ka whakahaerehia te huinga tuatahi o nga dockyardals i te 15 o Hurae, ka oti te mahi whakakao i te 30th, i te ra i tukuna ai ia ki te High Seas Fleet. I muri i tana komihana, ka whakamatautauria e ia nga whakamatautau moana i te Baltic. Ko te mahi whawhai tuatahi a te kaipuke ko te Raid i runga i te Yarmouth i te 2 o Noema 1913.
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