 Zähringen was laid down at the Germaniawerft dockyard in Kiel under the provisional name " E " in 1899 . She was launched on 12 June 1901 and commissioned into the fleet on 25 October 1902 . In 1900 , Schwaben followed Wittelsbach at the Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven , under the provisional name " G. " She was launched on 19 August 1901 and commissioned on 13 April 1904 , the last ship of the five to join the fleet . Mecklenburg was ordered from the AG Vulcan shipyard in Stettin under the contract name " F. " Her keel was laid there in 1900 . Launched on 9 November 1901 , Mecklenburg was completed by May 1903 and commissioned on the 25th . 
