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Brandenburg class battleships were a class of pre-WWI German battleship. They were Germany's first ocean-going battleships and the first to be fitted with wireless communications. Four ships were constructed in this class, the SMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm, SMS Brandenburg, SMS Weißenburg, and SMS Wörth. All four were laid down in 1890, and were all completed by 1893, with the exception of the Weißenburg, which was finished in 1894.

Weißenburg and Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm were armored with Krupp nickel steel armor, but due to delivery problems, the Brandenburg and Wörth were armored with a composite armor. The Krupp armor effectively provided twice the amount of protection afforded by the composite armor.

The Weißenburg and Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm were sold to the Ottoman Empire in 1910. The Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm was sunk by a British submarine, the E11, on 8 August, 1915, while the Weißenburg survived the war and was eventually scrapped in 1938. The two other ships of the class remained in German naval service, initially used for coast defense, until being relegated to the auxiliary role of barracks ship by 1915. The Wörth was scrapped in 1919, followed by the Brandenburg in 1920.

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