 The Bayern class was a class of four super @-@ dreadnought battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine ( Imperial Navy ) . The class comprised Bayern , Baden , Sachsen , and Württemberg . Construction started on the ships shortly before World War I ; Baden was laid down in 1913 , Bayern and Sachsen followed in 1914 , and Württemberg , the final ship , was laid down in 1915 . Only Baden and Bayern were completed , due to shipbuilding priorities changing as the war dragged on . It was determined that U @-@ boats were more valuable to the war effort , and so work on new battleships was slowed and ultimately stopped altogether . As a result , Bayern and Baden were the last German battleships completed by the Kaiserliche Marine . 
