German-built ships, namely: SMSFriedrichderGrosse (1911), a Kaiser-class battleship with 24,700 ton displacement SMSFriedrichderGrosse (1874), a Preussen-class...
SMS Von der Tann was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), as well as Germany's first major turbine-powered...
government returned the bell from SMS Hindenburg on 28 May 1959 and the bells from SMS Derfflinger and SMSFriedrichderGrosse on 30 August 1965. See: Gröner...
SMS Seydlitz was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), built in Hamburg. She was ordered in 1910 and commissioned in May 1913...
SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) built in the early 1910s during the Anglo-German naval arms race...
North-West Germany. Commander-in-Chief (Chef der Hochseeflotte): Vizeadmiral Reinhard Scheer in SMSFriedrichderGrosse Chief of Staff: KptzS Adolf von Trotha...
the High Seas Fleet, Baden was made the fleet flagship, replacing FriedrichderGrosse. Baden saw little action during her short career; the only major...
SMS Hindenburg was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the third ship of the Derfflinger class, built to a slightly modified...
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm derGrosse ("HMS Emperor William the Great") was a German pre-dreadnought battleship of the Kaiser Friedrich III class, built around...
was composed of five ships: Kaiser Friedrich III, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser Wilhelm derGrosse, Kaiser Karl derGrosse, and Kaiser Barbarossa. All of the...
Kaiser Wilhelm derGrosse ("Emperor William the Great") was a German transatlantic ocean liner in service from 1897 to 1914, when she was scuttled in battle...
to IV Battle Squadron. Along with her four sister ships, Kaiser, FriedrichderGrosse, Kaiserin, and König Albert, Prinzregent Luitpold participated in...
herself. Mines laid by Oleg are credited with sinking the German light cruiser SMS Augsburg off Bornholm. On 2 July 1915, Oleg participated in the Battle of...
World War I, took command following the departure of Holtzendorff. SMSFriedrichderGrosse replaced Deutschland as the fleet flagship on 2 March 1913. Despite...
until the end of the First World War. Franz Hipper (SMS Lützow) Reinhard Scheer (SMSFriedrichderGrosse) The Hon. Edward Barry Stewart Bingham (HMS Nestor)...
SMS Moltke was the lead ship of the Moltke-class battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy, named after the 19th-century German Field Marshal Helmuth...
including World War I. Along with her four sister ships, Kaiser, FriedrichderGrosse, König Albert, and Prinzregent Luitpold, Kaiserin participated in...
preserve the strength of the surface fleet. Aboard his flagship, SMSFriedrichderGrosse, Pohl conducted a series of short operations into the North Sea...
lead ship, Preussen, was laid down in 1871 and launched in 1873. FriedrichderGrosse also was laid down in 1871 and launched in 1874. Grosser Kurfürst...