The Wikipedia article of the day for December 28, 2025 is Moltke-class battlecruiser.The Moltke-class battlecruisers were a class of two "all-big-gun" battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy built between 1909 and 1911. Named SMS Moltke and SMS Goeben, they were similar to the previous battlecruiser Von der Tann, but the Moltke class was slightly larger, faster, and better armored, and had an additional pair of 28 cm (11 in) guns. Both ships served during World War I. Moltke participated in several major battles with the rest of the High Seas Fleet, including the battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland in the North Sea, and the Battle of the Gulf of Riga and Operation Albion in the Baltic Sea. At the end of the war, Moltke was interned with the majority of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow while the ships' fate was being discussed during peace treaty negotiations. The ships were scuttled on 21 June 1919 by the Germans crewing them to prevent seizure of the ships by the Allies. (This article is part of two featured topics: Battlecruisers of the world and Battlecruisers of Germany.)
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