Grosser Kurfürst akarayirwa pasi kwenguva pfupi zita Ersatz Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm uye yakavakwa panguva AG Vulcan shipyard muHamburg pasi kuvaka nhamba 4. Her keel akanga akaiswa muna October 1911 uye iye yakatanga musi 5 May 1913. At her launching mhemberero, Prince Oskar Prussia christened ngarava. Nokuda kuwedzera enyika makakatanwa muEurope nechepakati 1914, yokupedzisira kuvaka basa rakakurumidza, saka wokutanga akagadzirwa dockyardals vakaitwa musi 15 July, uye fitting-panze basa rakapedzwa ne 30, zuva iye akanga basa kupinda High Seas Fleet.
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