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Preußische Marine
Active
1701–1867
Country
Kingdom of Prussia
Type
Navy
Engagements
Pomeranian War, Napoleonic Wars, First Schleswig War, Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War
Insignia
Naval ensign (1816–1819)
Naval ensign (1819–1850)
Military unit
The Prussian Navy (German: Preußische Marine), officially the Royal Prussian Navy (German: Königlich Preußische Marine), was the naval force of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1701 to 1867.
The Prussian Navy was created in 1701 from the former Brandenburg Navy upon the dissolution of Brandenburg-Prussia, the personal union of Brandenburg and Prussia under the House of Hohenzollern, after the elevation of Frederick I from Duke of Prussia to King in Prussia. The Prussian Navy fought in several wars but was active mainly as a merchant navy throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, as Prussia's military consistently concentrated on the Prussian Army. The Prussian Navy was dissolved in 1867 when Prussia joined the North German Confederation, and its naval forces were absorbed into the North German Federal Navy.
The PrussianNavy (German: Preußische Marine), officially the Royal PrussianNavy (German: Königlich Preußische Marine), was the naval force of the Kingdom...
strength of the navy is 16,704 men and women. A number of naval forces have operated in different periods. See Preußische Marine (PrussianNavy), 1701–1867...
Prussianism comprises the practices and doctrines of the Prussians, specifically the militarism and the severe discipline traditionally associated with...
small PrussianNavy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for coast defence. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded the navy. The key...
Navy (Norddeutsche Bundesmarine or Marine des Norddeutschen Bundes), was the Navy of the North German Confederation, formed out of the PrussianNavy in...
The Royal Prussian Army (1701–1919, German: Königlich Preußische Armee) served as the army of the Kingdom of Prussia. It became vital to the development...
marines. It was used by the PrussianNavy, the North German Federal Navy, the Imperial German Navy, the Austro-Hungarian Navy, the Kriegsmarine, and briefly...
early 1880s, the Prussian and later Imperial German Navies purchased or built sixteen ironclad warships. In 1860, however, the PrussianNavy consisted solely...
(Between coastal defence and world policy. The political history of the prussiannavy 1848 to 1867), Bochum 2008. Wiechmann, Gerhard: Die preußisch-deutsche...
the Royal Navy RMS Amazon, two ships of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company SMS Amazone (1843), a 3-masted sail corvette of the PrussianNavy SMS Amazone...
1928) was a German naval officer who served in the PrussianNavy and later in the Imperial German Navy. He retired as a Grand Admiral. Born Hans Ludwig...
the Prussian General Staff and officially the Great General Staff (German: Großer Generalstab), was a full-time body at the head of the Prussian Army...
Tres Forcas was a battle on 7 August 1856 between boat crews from the PrussianNavy corvette SMS Danzig (then on a foreign cruise, commanded by Prince Adalbert...
Imperial Navy war ensign (Kriegsflagge) 1848–1852 War ensign of the Reichsflotte 1895–1918 Naval ensign of PrussianNavy 1819–1895 Naval ensign of Prussian Navy...
warship of the PrussianNavy, later the Imperial German Navy. The vessel was a turret ship that was designed by the British Royal Navy Captain Cowper...
predominantly that of the PrussianNavy. German admirals led the German Navy through World War I, as leaders of the Imperial German Navy, as well as through...
Franco-Prussian War the PrussianNavy was greatly outnumbered and so the ship spent the duration of the war at anchor, much to the embarrassment of the navy...
transferred to the PrussianNavy and used as a barracks ship at Danzig. In May 1880 she was decommissioned from the PrussianNavy and in July 1880 she...
the Second Schleswig War (1864), the navy was still relatively small and old-fashioned, even though the PrussianNavy was even smaller. Only a few steam...
Brandenburg Navy was the navy of the Margraviate of Brandenburg in Germany from the 16th century to 1701, when it became part of the PrussianNavy. The navy was...
Global Information
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