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The first new battleships built in Germany were the two Scharnhorst -class ships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in 1935. The two Bismarck -class battleships followed in 1936; Bismarck was completed in 1940 and Tirpitz in 1941. [16] Plan Z was formulated in 1939 to rebuild the German navy; the plan called for six additional battleships of the H-39 ...
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.
The High Seas Fleet (German: Hochseeflotte) was the battle fleet of the German Imperial Navy and saw action during the First World War. The formation was created in February 1907, when the Home Fleet (Heimatflotte) was renamed as the High Seas Fleet. Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz was the architect of the fleet; he envisioned a force powerful ...
The naval arms race between Britain and Germany to build dreadnought battleships in the early 20th century is the subject of a number of books. Germany's attempt to build a battleship fleet to match that of the United Kingdom, the dominant naval power of the 20th-century and an island country that depended on seaborne trade for survival, is ...
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 Bayern class was a class of four dreadnought battleships built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). The class comprised Bayern, Baden, Sachsen, and Württemberg. Construction started on the ships shortly before World War I; Baden was laid down in 1913, Bayern and Sachsen followed in 1914, and Württemberg, the final ship, was ...
Appearance. This category is for naval ships designed, built, or operated by Germany during World War I (1914–1918).
Kaiser Friedrich III-class battleship. SMS Kaiser Karl der Grosse. SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II. SMS Kaiserin. SMS König. SMS König Albert. König-class battleship. SMS Kronprinz.