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Dreadnoughts of the High Seas Fleet steam in a line of battle The battleships of I Battle Squadron and II Battle Squadron before the outbreak of World War I. The German navies—specifically the Kaiserliche Marine and Kriegsmarine of Imperial and Nazi Germany, respectively—built a series of battleships between the 1890s and 1940s.
The list of Kriegsmarine ships includes all ships commissioned into the Kriegsmarine, the navy of Nazi Germany, during its existence from 1935 to the conclusion of World War II in 1945. See the list of naval ships of Germany for ships in German service throughout the country's history.
Pages in category "World War I battleships of Germany" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Complete Encyclopedia of Battleships and Battlecruisers - A Technical Directory of all the World's Capital Ships from 1860 to the Present Day. London, UK: Salamander Books Ltd. p. 272. ISBN 0-517-37810-8. Ireland, Bernard; Grove, Eric (1997). Jane's War At Sea 1897–1997. London, UK: Harper Collins Publishers. p. 256. ISBN 0-00-472065-2.
The High Seas Fleet had sunk more British vessels than the Grand Fleet had sunk German, though Scheer's leading battleships had taken a terrible hammering. Several capital ships, including SMS König , which had been the first vessel in the line, and most of the battlecruisers, were in drydock for extensive repairs for at least two months.
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Kronprinz: (battleship): 26,000 ton König-class battleship, renamed Kronprinz Wilhelm in 1918; Kronprinz Wilhelm (auxiliary cruiser): 24,900 ton auxiliary cruiser, built as a civilian liner in 1901, commissioned as an auxiliary cruiser in 1914, surrendered to the US in 1915; Kühlung (P441): Darss-class support ship
The Brandenburg class consisted of four pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the first modern battleships of the fleet. The four ships of the class—Brandenburg, Wörth, Weissenburg, and Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm—were the first ocean-going capital ships built for the German fleet in nearly two decades, owing to reluctance in the Reichstag ...