Category: ww1 german navy

Germany, Aviso-Cruiser, 1895-1914 The Kaiserliche Marine’s last Aviso SMS Hela was surely the oldest active German cruiser in service when…

WW1 German Submarines Germany (1901-1918) About 630 subs* The invention of submarine warfare: Germany did not invented the submarine but…

SMS Blücher (1908) Germany (1908) Armored Cruiser The first German Battlecruiser ? According to Conway’s all the world fighting ships…

SMS Kaiserin Augusta (1892) Germany (1892) The second German protected cruiser: The design of this wooden-sheated protected cruiser started in…

Braunschweig class battleships (1902) Germany (1906) Battleships Braunschweig, Elsass, Hessen, Prussen, Lothringen Improved pre-dreadnoughts with three funnels The Braunschchweig were…

Gazelle class cruisers (1898) Germany (1898) SMS Gazelle, Niobe, Nymphe, Thetis, Ariadne, Amazone, Medusa, Frauenlob, Arcona, Undine The first modern…

Scharnhorst class armoured cruisers (1906) Germany (1906) Scharnhorst, Gneisenau The last German armoured cruisers: Before the ones you probably know…

Kaiser Friedrich III class Battleships Germany (1896) Friedrich III, Wilhelm II, Wilhelm der Grosse, Karl der Grosse, Barbarossa The “Emperors”…

WW1 German Destroyers Germany (1898-1918) German Destroyers of the great war By their denomination alone “Hochseetorpedoboote”, these ships were not…

Brandenburg class Battleships (1892) Germany (1892) – Brandenburg, Wörth (1914) Germany’s first pre-dreadnoughts Certainly the oldest battleships German Navy in…