Shipdle Warships
Puzzle #94 was SMS König.
SMS König was the first of four König-class dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy during World War I. König was named in honor of King William II of Württemberg. The battleship was armed with ten 30.5-centimeter (12 in) guns in five twin turrets and could steam at a top speed of 21 knots. Laid down in October 1911, the ship was launched on 1 March 1913.
What the record says
Puzzle 94 ran on 11 Oct 2026 and the answer was SMS König, played with 6 guesses against 6 columns. On the record: Class - battleship; Navy - Germany; Fate - sunk. The numbers: Commissioned - 1910; Length - 175.4 m. 1 of the 6 columns is blank in the source (Displacement), so nobody could score it either way.
The photograph is by British Naval Intelligence, licensed Public domain.
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How it scored
- Class
- battleship
- Navy
- Germany
- Commissioned
- 1910
- Displacement
- Not recorded
- Fate
- sunk
- Length
- 175.4 m