Category: ww1 german navy
Brummer class cruisers (1915)
Germany (1913-1919) – SMS Brummer, Bremse In 1915, the Admiralty decided to start construction in Vulcan, Stettin, of two large…
Pillau class cruisers (1914)
Germany (1914): SMS Pillau, Elbing From Russia, with Love The Pillau class were originally the Russian-ordered Maraviev Amurskyy and Admiral…
Graudenz class cruisers (1914)
Germany (1912-1944) – SMS Graudenz, SMS Regensburg The Graudenz class were another iteration over the now classic kight cruiser formular…
Karlsruhe class cruisers (1912)
German light Cruisers (1911-1914)SMS Karlsruhe, SMS Rostock The last German “four stackers” With the previous Magdeburg class, the Karlsruhe were…
Bayern class battleships (1915)
Bayern class battleships (1915) SMS Bayern, Baden, Sachsen, Württemberg Bayern class: The last German dreadnoughts The battleship “Bayern” does not…
Nautilus class minelayers (1906)
Germany (1906): SMS Nautilus, Albatros The first two specialized German minelayers The Nautilus class were two minelaying cruisers planned for…
Dresden class cruisers
Light Cruisers SMS Dresden, Emden (1908) Two famous ships The Dresden class followed the Königsberg class, but improved in size…
Bremen class Cruisers (1903)
Germany (1902-04) SMS Bremen, Hamburg, Berlin, Lübeck, München, Leipzig, Dantzig The Bremen class: More than just improved Gazelles After the…
Derfflinger class battlecruisers (1913)
Derfflinger class battlecruisers German Empire (1913-14) Battlecruisers S.M.S. Derfflinger, Lützow, Hindenburg The last German Battlecruisers, Derfflinger, Lützow and eventually Hindenburg,…
SMS Seydlitz (1912)
SMS Seydlitz, Battlecruisers German Empire (1912) Battlecruiser The “shell magnet” Derived from battlecruisers of the Moltke class, Seydlitz differed in…
