An fara aiki a Howaldtswerke Dockyard a Kiel a karkashin lambar gini 590. An kafa jirgin a 1913 kuma an kaddamar da shi a ranar 18 ga Fabrairun 1915. Bayan an shirya shi da kuma gwajin teku, an ba da jirgin a ranar 15 ga Yuli, 1916, wata daya da rabi ya yi latti don ta shiga cikin yakin Jutland. Bayern ya shiga Squadron III na Battle Fleet na High Seas a lokacin da aka ba da umurni. Jirgin zai kasance a shirye don aiki, amma ma'aikatan jirgin, wanda ya ƙunshi mafi yawan ma'aikatan daga kwanan nan da aka ba da umurni.
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