Kaiserliche Marine Jack

Kaiserliche Marine War Ensign

U-boats at Wilhelmshaven

The Kaiserliche Marine or Imperial Navy was the German Navy created by the formation of the German Empire and existed between 1871 and 1919; it grew out of the Prussian Navy and the Norddeutsche Bundesmarine. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded the Navy, causing a naval arms race between Germany and the British Empire. The undefeated navy was largely destroyed at Scapa Flow in 1919 by its own officers after the loss of the land war on the Western Front of World War I. Capital ships of the Kaiserliche Marine were designated SMS, for Seiner Majestät Schiff (His Majesty's Ship). Jack of the German Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine. ... Jack of the German Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine. ... German War Ensign This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... German War Ensign This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (843x580, 61 KB)U-boats at Wilhelmshaven This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for any purpose provided that they are credited and a link is given to the Photos of... Download high resolution version (843x580, 61 KB)U-boats at Wilhelmshaven This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for any purpose provided that they are credited and a link is given to the Photos of... // History German frigate Karlsruhe rescuing shipwrecked people off the coast of Somalia while participating in the international anti-terror operation ENDURING FREEDOM, April 2005 The German Navy (German: Deutsche Marine   listen?) is the navy of Germany. ... The term German Empire (Deutsches Reich) commonly refers to Germany, from its consolidation as a unified nation-state on January 18, 1871, until the abdication of Kaiser (Emperor) Wilhelm II on November 9, 1918. ... 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Throughout the centuries, Prussia’s military consistently concentrated on its land power, and never sought a similar power at sea. ... The Norddeutsche Bundesmarine (Northern German Federal Navy) was the Navy of the North German Confederation. ... Kaiser Wilhelm II Wilhelm II, German Emperor, ( 27 January , 1859–4 June , 1941), also known as William II, was the last German Emperor ( Kaiser ) and the last King ( König ) of Prussia, ruling from 1888 to 1918. ... The British Empire in 1897, marked in pink, the traditional colour for Imperial British dominions on maps. ... Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom. ... See Western Front (disambiguation) for other meanings. ... World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...

Achievements

The Kaiserliche Marine achieved some important operational feats. It inflicted the first major naval defeat on the Royal Navy for over 100 years at the Battle of Coronel. It also emerged from the fleet action of the Battle of Jutland having destroyed more ships than it lost. It is a common misconception that the High Seas Fleet never again came out from port after Jutland. In fact it performed several sweeps and actions, although the Germans never planned, either before or after Jutland, on confronting the whole Grand Fleet. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... The Battle of Coronel was a World War I naval battle fought off the coast of central Chile on 1 November 1914. ... The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ... German battlecruiser Derfflinger scuttled at Scapa Flow. ...

It was the first navy to successfully operate submarines on a large scale at war, and also operated zeppelins. It was never able to match the numbers of the Royal Navy, but it did have better shells and propellant for much of WWI meaning that it never lost a ship to a catastrophic magazine explosion from above-water attack (the old Pre-dreadnought Pommern sank rapidly at Jutland after a magazine explosion caused by underwater attack). U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, the most travelled airship in history A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship (or dirigible) pioneered by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin in the early 20th century based on an earlier design by David Schwarz. ... The HMS Illustrious, an example of a pre-dreadnought battleship launched 1896 The term pre-dreadnought refers to a battleship designed and built between about 1890 and the 1906 construction of HMS Dreadnought for the British Royal Navy under the influence of First Sea Lord Fisher in 1906. ... The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ...

History

In 1897, the new Minister of the navy, Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz began the building of a large modern navy consisting of both battleships and submarines. He later became the commander of the Navy. The main fighting forces of the navy were to become the High Seas Fleet, and the U-boat fleet. 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Admiral is a word from the Arabic term Amir-al-bahr (Lord of the bay). ... Alfred von Tirpitz (March 19, 1849 – March 6, 1930) was a German Admiral, Minister of State and Commander of the Kaiserliche Marine in World War I from 1914 until 1916. ... This is a list of ships of the German navies. ... German battlecruiser Derfflinger scuttled at Scapa Flow. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ...

Notable battles fought by the Navy were:

• Battle of Coronel (Vice Admiral Maximilian von Spee)
• Battle of Dogger Bank (Vice Admiral Franz von Hipper)
• Battle of the Falkland Islands (Vice Admiral von Spee)
• Battle of Heligoland Bight (Rear Admiral Leberecht Maass)
• Battle of Jutland (Vice Admiral Reinhard Scheer)

Minor engagements included the commerce raiding carried out by the Emden, Konigsberg, and the sailing ship Seeadler. The Battle of Coronel was a World War I naval battle fought off the coast of central Chile on 1 November 1914. ... Maximilian von Spee Count (Graf) Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert von Spee (22 June 1861 – 8 December 1914) was a German naval officer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, who joined the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) in 1878. ... The Battle of Dogger Bank was a naval battle in the North Sea that took place on 24 January 1915, during the First World War, involving units of the Royal Navy and the German Fleet. ... Franz Ritter von Hipper (September 13, 1863- May 25, 1932) was a German admiral. ... The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a naval engagement of the First World War, fought between units of the Royal Navy and the Kaiserliche Marine on 8 December 1914. ... Battle of Heligoland Bight - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ... The Battle of Jutland, known in Germany as the Battle of the Skagerrak (Skagerrakschlacht), was the largest naval battle of World War I, and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. ... Reinhard Scheer Reinhard Scheer (September 30, 1863 – November 26, 1928) was a Vice-admiral in the German navy. ... Commerce raiding or guerre de course is a naval strategy of attacking an opponents commercial shipping rather than contending for control of the seas with its naval forces. ... SMS Emden underway The cruise of the German light cruiser SMS Emden was among the most romanticized and notable incidents of World War I. In the latter half of 1914 Emden raided Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean, sinking or capturing thirty Allied merchant vessels and warships before being run... SMS Königsberg was a Kaiserliche Marine cruiser, which was in German East Africa at the start of World War I. She operated in her design role as a raider of merchant shipping. ... Graf (Count) Felix von Luckner (born Dresden, Germany, 9 June 1881, died Malmo, Sweden, 14 April 1966) was a minor German nobleman and noted sailor who earned the epithets Der Seeteufel (the Sea-Devil) and Die Piraten des Kaisers (the Emperors Pirate) for his exploits in command of the...

External links

• Imperial German Navy in World War I
• German Naval History WW1
• Kaiserliche Marine 1914
• Kaiserliche Marine Deployment 1914