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The German large, or ocean-going, torpedo boats and destroyers of World War I were built by the Imperial German Navy between 1899 and 1918 as part of its quest for a “High Seas” or ocean-going fleet. At the start of the First World War Germany had 132 such ships, and ordered a further 216 during the conflict, 112 of which were actually ...
Naval warfare of World War I; Part of World War I: Clockwise from top left: the Cornwallis fires in Suvla Bay, Dardanelles 1915; U-boats moored in Kiel, around 1914; a lifeboat departs from an Allied ship hit by a German torpedo, around 1917; two Italian MAS in practice in the final stages of the war; manoeuvres of the Austro-Hungarian fleet with the Tegetthoff in the foreground
Nevertheless, German capital ships had a cruising range of at least 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi), [31] more than enough to operate in the Atlantic Ocean. [ Note 1 ] In 1897, the year Tirpitz came to his position as State Secretary of the Navy Office, the Imperial Navy consisted of a total of around 26,000 officers, petty officers, and ...
The list of ships of the Imperial German Navy includes all ships commissioned into service with the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) of Germany, covering the period from 1871, the creation of the German Empire, through to the end of the Empire in 1918.
The design was selected on 2 October 1917, and construction was to have started 11 September 1918. The ships would have been significantly larger than the preceding Bayern class, at more than 50 m (160 ft) longer than the preceding ships. The ships would have been the first German warship to have mounted guns larger than 16 in (40.6 cm cm).
This category is for naval ships designed, built, or operated by Germany during World War I (1914–1918). Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
after torpedo testing aviso, coastal patrol ship in WW I, stricken 1919. Basilisk, Jäger: torpedo canon boat 1862 & 1883 1863–1889 torpedo testing since 1874. Schütze, Flink, Scharf, Tapfer, Kühn, Vorwärts, Sicher: torpedo boat I. class 1882 1882–1891 school boats, Tapfer: harbour protection boat and mine layers. A 1, G 1, H 1, K 1
SMS Derfflinger was the first German ship to have anti-aircraft guns fitted. [36] In 1913, Germany responded to the British challenge by laying down two Bayern class battleships. These did not enter service until after the Battle of Jutland, so failed to take part in any major naval action of the war.