Category: ww1 german navy
Siegfried class battleships (1889)
Siegfried class battleships (1889) Germany (1889) Siegfried, Beowulf, Frithjof, Heimdall, Hildebrand, Hagen, Odin, ägir A first step for a young…
SMS Hela (1895)
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 (U-Boats)
Germany (1901-1918) About 630 subs* The invention of submarine warfare: Germany did not invented the submarine but its use in…
SMS Blücher (1908)
Germany (1908) Armored Cruiser The first German Battlecruiser ? According to Conway’s all the world fighting ships 1906-1921 and many…
Braunschweig class battleships (1902)
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 light cruisers: The Gazelle…
Scharnhorst class armoured cruisers (1906)
Germany (1906) Scharnhorst, Gneisenau The last German armoured cruisers: Before the ones you probably know better from ww2, the Scharnhorst…
Kaiser Friedrich III class Battleships
Kaiser Friedrich III class Battleships Germany (1896) Friedrich III, Wilhelm II, Wilhelm der Grosse, Karl der Grosse, Barbarossa The “Emperors”…
WW1 German Destroyers
WW1 German Destroyers Germany (1898-1918) German Destroyers of the great war By their denomination alone “Hochseetorpedoboote”, these ships were not…
