What does SMS stand for in ww1?

The wreck of a World War One German armoured cruiser has been located off the Falkland Islands, where it was sunk by the British navy 105 years ago. SMS Scharnhorst was the flagship of German Vice-Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron.

What is the strongest German ship?

Bismarck
Bismarck and her sister ship Tirpitz were the largest battleships ever built by Germany, and two of the largest built by any European power….German battleship Bismarck.

What did SMS mean?

SMS stands for Short Message Service and is commonly known as texting. It’s a way to send text-only messages of up to 160 characters between phones.

What does SMS stand for please?

SMS stands for Short Message Service. Invented in the 1980s and defined in the 1985 GSM standards, it is one of the oldest texting technologies. It is also the most widespread and frequently used. MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service.

Do they really sink old ships?

Yes! People actually sink ships for wreck diving sites, to create artificial reefs to stimulate oceanic environmental growth, and as professional, as well as commercial, training sites. A ship in the process of being scuttled.

What is German text called?

Fraktur
Similarly, the term “Fraktur” or “Gothic” is sometimes applied to all of the blackletter typefaces (known in German as Gebrochene Schrift, “Broken Script”)….Fraktur.

What is the German double SS called?

eszett
In German, the ß character is called eszett. It’s used in “Straße,” the word for street, and in the expletive “Scheiße.” It’s often transliterated as “ss,” and strangely enough, it’s never had an official uppercase counterpart.