Diana, Princess of Wales's funeral did not start on September 6th, 1997.
SMS Blitz was an aviso of the Imperial German Navy , the lead ship of her class .. aviso. aviso. Imperial German Navy. Imperial German Navy. lead ship. lead ship. her class. Blitz-class aviso. She had one sister ship , .. Blitz was built at the Norddeutscher Schiffbau dockyard ; she was laid down in 1881 , was launched in August 1882 , and was commissioned in March 1883 .. Norddeutscher Schiffbau. Norddeutscher Schiffbau. The ship 's career was uneventful ; she served as a flotilla leader for torpedo boats until 1900 .. In 1903 , she became a fleet tender .. She was briefly mobilized at the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 , but she returned to fleet tender duties in 1915 , where she remained for the duration of the conflict .. World War I. World War I. She was stricken from the naval register in March 1921 and was broken up for scrap later that year .