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Kronprinz: Original name for 1914 battleship Kronprinz Wilhelm Kronprinz Wilhelm (battleship): 26,000 ton König -class battleship, renamed from Kronprinz 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
Ship prefix. A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality. In the modern environment, prefixes are cited inconsistently in civilian ...
Scuttled a second time 3 May 1945, scrapped 1952. [6] Four Norwegian Sleipner -class destroyers, HNoMS Gyller (1938), HNoMS Odin (1939), HNoMS Tor (1939), & HNoMS Balder (1939) were captured in 1940. All four ships saw service in the Kriegsmarine. Four French Flower-class corvettes, Arquebuse, Hallebarde, Sabre, & Poignard were captured in 1940 ...
The Kriegsmarine (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁiːksmaˌʁiːnə], lit. 'War Navy') was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches, along with the Heer ...
U-boat. U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. The term is an anglicized version of the German word U-Boot [ˈuːboːt] ⓘ, a shortening of Unterseeboot (under-sea boat), though the German term refers to any submarine. Austro-Hungarian Navy submarines were also known as U-boats.
There were some 380 U-boats commissioned into the Kaiserliche Marine in the years before and during World War I. Although the first four German U-boats— U-1, U-2, U-3, and U-4 —were commissioned before 1910, all four served in a training capacity during the war. German U-boats used during World War I were divided into three series.
Seydlitz leads Moltke, Hindenburg, Derfflinger and Von der Tann into internment in Scapa Flow. Von der Tann class (19,400 tons, 8 x 28 cm guns) SMS Von der Tann, 1909. Moltke class (23,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns) SMS Moltke, 1910. SMS Goeben, 1911. Seydlitz class (25,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns) SMS Seydlitz, 1912.
List of active German Navy ships. This is a list of active German Navy ships as of 2022. There are approximately 65 ships in commission including; 11 frigates, 5 corvettes, 2 minesweepers, 10 minehunters, 6 submarines, 11 replenishment ships, and 20 miscellaneous auxiliary vessels.