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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]
Both ships were completed with a modernized post WW II design and commissioned into Dutch service in 1953. KB Dalmacija was a WW1 Imperial Germany light cruiser (SMS Niobe), sold to Yugoslavia in 1925 (KB Dalmacija), captured by Italy in 1941 (RN Cattaro), then by Germany following the Italian Armistice in 1943 and renamed Niobe. She was sunk ...
The list of naval ships of Germany includes all naval ships which have been in service of the German Navy or its predecessors. Other lists include: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy; List of Kriegsmarine ships; List of German Federal Navy ships; List of German Navy ships; List of German Navy ship classes; List of U-boats of Germany
The list of naval ship classes of Germany includes all classes of naval ships produced or operated in Germany from the late 19th century to modern day.. See also: List of naval ships of Germany for a list of individual ships
Initially ordered as Panzerschiffe, the three Deutschland-class ships were designed to meet the limitations imposed on the German Navy by the Treaty of Versailles. [2] The treaty limited large German warships to a displacement of 10,000 long tons (10,160 t), but did not restrict the caliber of main battery guns. [3]
Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe: Biographien – ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart [The German Warships: Biographies − A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present] (in German). Vol. 6. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7822-0237-4. Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993).
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 ...
SMS Hindenburg [a] was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the third ship of the Derfflinger class, built to a slightly modified design.She carried the same battery of eight 30.5 cm (12 in) guns, but in improved turrets that allowed them to fire further.