Tann
Proper noun
Meaning
A surname.
A municipality of Hesse, Germany
A municipality of Bavaria
A village in Switzerland
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
As with the Von der Tann design, which was drawn up at a similar time, all guns could be fired either side in broadsides, meaning more guns could come to bear than with the Helgoland design, despite having fewer in total.
Old West Norse was also characterized by the preservation of u-umlaut, which meant that for example Proto-Norse *tanþu "tooth" was pronounced tǫnn and not tann as in post-runic Old East Norse; OWN gǫs and runic OEN gǫs, while post-runic OEN gás "goose".
In later versions, Merlin's glas tann was mistranslated as a "glass house".
Sondhaus, pp. 202–03 Von der Tann, begun in 1908 and completed in 1910, carried eight 11.1-inch guns, but with 11.1-inch (283 mm) armour she was far better protected than the Invincibles.
Soon after, despite the near-maximum range, Von der Tann put another convert shell on Indefatigable s "A" turret forward.