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In the Imperial German Navy, there was no clear distinction between torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers, which were all numbered in the same series, the number being preceded by a letter that represented the building contractor. A new numbering series began in 1911; hence years of construction are appended in brackets below, to ...
Imperial German Navy: Bayern: super-dreadnought: 28,530 14 March 1917 21 June 1919 Seized by Great Britain 21 June 1919, sunk as target 16 August 1921 Bayern: super-dreadnought: 28,530 15 July 1916 21 June 1919 Scuttled at Scapa Flow 21 June 1919, raised 1 September 1934, broken up 1935 Barham Royal Navy: Queen Elizabeth: super-dreadnought: 33,110
The three remaining ships saw continued service in the German navy; Hannover was struck in 1935 and eventually broken up in 1944–1946. Schlesien and Schleswig-Holstein were both sunk during World War II but later raised. Schlesien was broken up in 1949–1970, while Schleswig-Holstein was transferred to the Soviet Navy in 1946. [47]
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. B.
Naval warfare in World War I was mainly characterised by blockade. The Allied powers, with their larger fleets and surrounding position, largely succeeded in their blockade of Germany and the other Central Powers, whilst the efforts of the Central Powers to break that blockade, or to establish an effective counter blockade with submarines and commerce raiders, were eventually unsuccessful.
Plan and elevation view of a ship of the König class, from Jane's Fighting Ships 1919. The four König-class battleships were ordered as part of the Anglo-German naval arms race; they were the fourth generation of German dreadnought battleships, and they were built in response to the British Orion class that had been ordered in 1909. [1]
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.
By the start of the First World War, the German Imperial Navy possessed 22 pre-Dreadnoughts, [note 1] 14 dreadnought battleships and 4 battle-cruisers. A further three ships of the König class were completed between August and November 1914, and two Bayern -class battleships entered service in 1916.