SMS Hertha was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the 1890s. Hertha was laid down at the AG Vulcan shipyard in 1895, launched in April 1897, and commissioned into the Navy in July 1898. The ship was armed with a battery of two 21 cm guns and eight 15 cm guns and had a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph).
Hertha served abroad in the East Asia Squadron for the first six years of her career; she served briefly as the Squadron flagship in 1900. She contributed a landing party to the force that captured the Taku Forts during the Boxer Uprising in 1900. After returning to Germany in 1905, she was modernized and used as a training ship in 1908, following the completion of the refit. She conducted a series of training cruises, and several notable officers served aboard the ship as cadets, including Karl Dönitz and Ernst Lindemann. At the outbreak of World War I, Hertha was mobilized into V Scouting Group, but served in front-line duty only briefly. She was used as a barracks ship after 1915, and ultimately sold for scrapping in 1920.
SMSHertha was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the 1890s. Hertha was laid...
8 June 1900 he brought the large cruisers SMS Hansa, SMSHertha and the small cruisers SMS Gefion and SMS Irene before the Taku Fort (together with warships...
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ships SMS Hansa, SMSHertha, SMS Victoria Louise and SMS Vineta. Lindemann was assigned to Hertha with 71 of his comrades. At that time, Hertha was under...
Louise-class great cruisers SMSHertha and SMS Hansa 1899, Steamer König Albert for NDL, 1926 broken up 1901, Pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Mecklenburg for Kaiserliche...
8 June 1900 he brought the large cruisers SMS Hansa, SMSHertha and the small cruisers SMS Gefion and SMS Irene before the Taku Fort (together with warships...
For his last year in cadet training, he was assigned to the frigate SMSHertha, which conducted a world tour. The ship sailed to Melbourne, Australia...
class Ersatz Yorck class Mackensen class Derfflinger class SMS Seydlitz Moltke class SMS Von der Tann Displacement: 5,652 tons Armament: 8 x 24 cm guns...
Navy on 1 April 1911 as Seekadett, completed his recruit training on SMSHertha and came afterwards to Naval Academy Mürwik. During World War II Weichold...
sea cadet on the cruiser SMSHertha on 1 April 1913. In 1914, promotion to Fähnrich zur See and transfer to the battleship SMS Pommern followed. He received...
coastal defence ship SMS Hagen and was made a Senior Korvettenkapitän during this time. He then took command of the large cruiser SMSHertha, which had just...
Kriegsmarine Years of service 1912–45 Rank Vizeadmiral Unit SMSHerthaSMS Freya SMS Friedrich Carl SMS Fürst Bismarck; Luftschiff "L 7", "L 20", "L 33" Battles/wars...
served on SMSHertha during his cadetship and graduated from the Naval Academy at Mürwik. After graduating he was posted to the battlecruiser SMS Moltke...
1890s and early 1900s. Other ships of the class were SMS Iltis, SMS Luchs, SMS Eber, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther. Tiger was 65.2 meters (214 ft) long overall...
1890s and early 1900s. Other ships of the class are SMS Luchs, SMS Tiger, SMS Eber, SMS Jaguar, and SMS Panther. Iltis was 65.2 meters (214 ft) long overall...
First World War he served on the battlecruiser SMS Moltke, the light cruiser SMS Stralsund and the SMS Möwe. He later served as a staff officer on Torpedo...
1890s and early 1900s. Other ships of the class are SMS Iltis, SMS Tiger, SMS Eber, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther. Luchs was 65.2 meters (214 ft) long overall...
Greece before 4 December. She was refloated with assistance from SMS Blitz and SMSHertha (both Prussian Navy). Rudolph Prussia The schooner foundered...
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