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Steinmetz to suggest that the navy wanted to have a steamship it could requisition when needed but would not have to maintain. The navy brought the ship into commission during the Franco-Prussian War but crew shortages delayed conversion until after the war. She was used for fishing surveys in 1871 and 1872, with this work providing the scientific basis for the German Fisheries Act passed in 1874. She went to the Mediterranean with the
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649:, one of the leading advocates for a larger navy, initially sought to have the ships built in Prussia, but domestic shipbuilders had little experience with steam ships, and so contracted with a British firm to build the vessels in 1850. The ships' careers in Prussian service proved to be short and uneventful, apart from repeated boiler fires aboard
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was not commissioned until 1889. She remained in service with the fleet only until
October 1890, when she was tasked with torpedo testing, a role she filled until 1894 when she was decommissioned. Recommissioned in May 1897, she served as a fleet scout for the next two years, thereafter being reduced
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was built for the
Prussian postal service as a packet steamer, though the exact nature of her design and construction is uncertain. The navy's chief designer prepared the plans for the ship and the navy subsidized construction costs, which led the naval historians Hans Hildebrand, Albert Röhr, and
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classes, mainly through an increase in size that would produce improved seaworthiness. She was also a knot faster, which increased her usefulness as a fleet scout. She nevertheless proved to be too weakly armed for fleet service, and the next cruising-type vessels to be built in
Germany were the
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defending the country's Baltic coast. The designers reverted to paddle wheels and a wooden hull, as they were not convinced of the long-term utility of iron hulls or screw propulsion. The ship went to the
Mediterranean in 1860 to protect Prussian nationals in Italy during the
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had a somewhat more active career, serving with the fleet in 1893–1894 and then as a fishery protection ship in 1895–1896, but she, too, spent most of her existence laid up. Both vessels were decommissioned in 1896 and struck from the naval register in 1911.
1635:-class ships were the first modern avisos built for the German fleet; they were the first German vessels of any type with steel hulls, and they abandoned traditional sailing rigs. They provided the basis for future developments that ultimately produced the
2396:. The naval command decided her armament was insufficient for front-line use, so she was extensively modernized between 1903 and 1910, thereafter serving as a tender until the outbreak of World War I. She was then assigned to support the patrols in the
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in 1882, conducted training cruises in the
Mediterranean, and sent men ashore in 1895 to protect Germans from domestic unrest in the Ottoman Empire. Worn out by 1896, she was decommissioned and sold later that year, but her ultimate fate is unknown.
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after the
Crimean War (which was intended to counter Russian expansionism at the expense of the Ottomans). She served there for the rest of her career. During this period, she helped to protect German interests in Egypt during the
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of the fleet against torpedo boat attacks, and for this role, she carried a battery of 10.5 cm (4.1 in) and 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns. Unlike other German avisos of the period, she carried no torpedo tubes.
1646:. The ships were initially armed with a 12.5 cm (4.9 in) gun and a 35 cm (13.8 in) torpedo tube, though their armament was improved in the early 1890s, including the addition of two more torpedo tubes.
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was then sold to a
Lebanese businessman, and, after arriving in Beirut, was attacked by Jewish commandos in 1947 because they incorrectly suspected that it would be used against Jewish forces during the
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until the outbreak of the Second
Schleswig War. She sortied on 16 April with Adalbert aboard to attack the Danish blockade squadron in the Baltic, resulting in an inconclusive encounter with the Danish
2192:. Both vessels suffered from serious problems that rendered them unfit for service, namely poor seakeeping and excessive vibration of their propeller shafts. As a result, they saw little service, with
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from 1881 to 1884, thereafter seeing service as a fisheries protection vessel and survey ship. Decommissioned in 1889 and struck in 1890, she was sold to a shipping company, converted into a sailing
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proved to be highly influential, as experiments with the new torpedoes not only led to further construction of torpedo-armed warships, but also inspired similar vessels in the French, Italian, and
1164:. By the time work on the vessel was completed, however, the war was over, leaving the shipyard without a buyer. A private shipowner in the Netherlands purchased the vessel, renamed her
1193:, causing serious damage that ended her wartime career. She operated with the fleet during the 1870s, but suffered repeated machinery breakdowns, thereafter serving as a tender for the
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went to the
Mediterranean during the 'Urabi revolt in 1882 along with several other vessels. She saw limited service in the 1890s, including as a fisheries vessel until the start of
454:, the first engagement involving the Prussian fleet. She returned to commercial duties after the war and served in that capacity uneventfully until 1862, when the expansion of the
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The ship served with the fleet from 1898 to 1902, and during this period, from mid-1900 to mid-1901, she was deployed as part of an expeditionary force sent to help suppress the
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class—with characteristics that would allow them to operate offensively with the torpedo boat flotillas. Their high speed came at the expense of gun armament and size (and thus
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doctrine, mostly importantly the theory that cheap torpedo boats could be used for coastal defense instead of larger, more expensive ironclads. This strategy found favor in the
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against the Danish blockade squadron in March 1864, where she was hit only once. She was decommissioned after the war and saw no further service for the rest of the decade.
1508:, took command of the vessel in 1878; during training exercises in 1880, Tirpitz arranged a demonstration of the vessel's effectiveness by sinking the old paddle steamer
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served aboard the ship during her first year in service, which involved tests of the bow torpedo tubes that demonstrated that the bow tube, located in the hull below the
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in 1867. During the Franco-Prussian War, she once again served in the Baltic, and she engaged a French blockade squadron on 17 July, interrupting French plans to attack
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2553:(War Navy); in the late 1930s, in addition to her duties as a yacht, she was employed as a training ship and a target for torpedo training. After the start of
1201:(North Sea Naval Station) in the early 1880s. Later in the decade, she was used for fisheries protection before being decommissioned in 1888, struck from the
196:, was also the last major warship to be built abroad for the Imperial German fleet. The 1880s saw a significant aviso construction program that included two
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class was intended to protect the fleet's capital ships from torpedo boat attacks. They were armed with a battery of four 8.8 cm (3.5 in)
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as the German admiralty chief in 1883, the navy began to experiment more seriously with torpedo boats. Caprivi embraced some of the ideas of the
645:-class avisos were ordered in the immediate aftermath of the First Schleswig War as part of a program intended to strengthen the Prussian fleet.
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on 24 April. She sortied twice more by early May, but on both occasions encountered far superior Danish forces and withdrew without attacking.
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was heavily rebuilt in 1869–1873, leading some historians to treat the vessel as two different ships. In 1879, the ship was sent to
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in that capacity before it was cancelled in September 1940. She was also used to lay minefields during the German invasion of the
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for naval forces in Norway. She filled that role until the end of the war in May 1945, when she was seized by British forces.
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to secondary roles once again, including as a training ship, before being decommissioned for the last time in September 1900.
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in Norway before being seized by Britain. She was sold after the war to a private owner and was ultimately scrapped in 1951.
1504:, was not satisfactory; Diederichs arranged for the tube to be moved to a swivel mount on the deck. Another future admiral,
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serving as a yacht in the 1850s, the Prussian Navy decided it needed another aviso to serve as a flagship for the gunboat
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in 1848, though she returned to civilian duty after the war. In 1850, the Prussians ordered a pair of small vessels—the
2375:-class light cruisers; they were the first vessels of that type to be built, and they incorporated the best aspects of
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concept, which held that cheap torpedo boats could destroy large, expensive battleships. She was intended to guard the
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in August 1870, shortly after the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War, but she was accidentally rammed by the ironclad
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s fires and general unfamiliarity with operating steamships. They sold the vessels to Britain in exchange for the sail
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was struck from the register in 1910 and used as a torpedo training platform until 1920, when she was sold for scrap.
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in August 1914 but was not directly engaged. The following month, she was torpedoed and sunk by the British
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remained in service through the early 1910s, serving in a variety of roles, including as a fleet scout, a
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to evaluate them for future warships. The ship was used in a variety of roles during her career with the
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rather than the paddle wheels of earlier vessels. She was initially unarmed, being used as a royal
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on Prussia's and the other German states' ports. She took part in a short battle with the Danish
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1032:. She served in her intended role during the Second Schleswig War, and saw action at the
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during the war, but the rest of the fleet's avisos saw little activity in the conflict.
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of 1870–1871, but saw no action. Reduced to subsidiary duties in 1872, including as a
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was an anemic force consisting of a handful of small sailing vessels and cannon-armed
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became a storage hulk; the two ships were broken up in 1919 and 1921, respectively.
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was ultimately sold to ship-breakers in the United States and dismantled in 1951.
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1053:, to serve as the station ship there, a right enjoyed by all of the European
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training squadron in 1876 in response to the murder of a German diplomat in
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rendered her superfluous. Purchased by the Prussian Navy, she was in the
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that fulfilled the roles occupied by the avisos; the first of these, the
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in 1895 before the canal officially opened. Badly worn out by mid-1901,
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481:, though the Austrians bore the brunt of Danish fire. She served as the
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by the mid-1900s, filling that role through the start of World War I.
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Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993).
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Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993).
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Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993).
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Hildebrand, Hans H.; Röhr, Albert & Steinmetz, Hans-Otto (1993).
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1345:. She was lost in a storm on her maiden voyage on 20 January 1894.
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originally built for the Prussian postal service to operate on the
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for the next five years. She was purchased by what was now the
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433:. The ship was requisitioned early in her career during the
3536:"Our Man in Beirut: The Remarkable Story of Isaac Shoshan"
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3716:] (in German). Vol. 6. Ratingen: Mundus Verlag.
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regime. She was fitted with experimental high-pressure
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693:, respectively. The former saw action during the
109:-driven aviso followed in 1856: the French-built
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3441:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
3410:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
3398:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
3355:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 6
3343:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2
3312:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 8
3300:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
3276:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 8
3245:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
3221:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
3209:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 6
3197:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 2
3044:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 6
3020:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 6
2985:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 3
2958:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 5
2929:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 5
2917:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 5
2905:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2874:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2838:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 4
2785:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 7
2770:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 6
2743:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 6
2719:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz Vol. 7
2383:unprotected cruisers that had been built
3497:] (in German). Graz: H. Weishaupt.
2677:
2657:, 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
2480:, 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
2036:was the first ship to pass through the
1524:in 1914, after which she was used as a
802:Sold to Britain, 1855; broken up, 1869
3106:
3055:
1703:was later used as a training ship for
50:The German navies, beginning with the
2796:
2646:12.7 cm (5 in) SK C/34 guns
2620:
2617:
2614:
2611:
2608:
2444:
2441:
2438:
2435:
2432:
2250:
2247:
2244:
2241:
2238:
2090:
2087:
2084:
2081:
2078:
1981:Following the appointment of General
1909:
1906:
1903:
1900:
1897:
1733:
1730:
1727:
1724:
1721:
1554:
1551:
1548:
1545:
1542:
1371:
1368:
1365:
1362:
1359:
1231:
1228:
1225:
1222:
1219:
1205:in 1890, and sold for scrap in 1892.
1089:
1086:
1083:
1080:
1077:
1039:In poor condition by the late 1860s,
942:
939:
936:
933:
930:
866:. She next engaged the steam frigate
747:
744:
741:
738:
735:
531:
528:
525:
522:
519:
84:requisitioned for service during the
7:
3835:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
3797:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
3775:. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press.
3560:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
3473:
3287:
3232:
3151:
3118:
3031:
2849:
2825:
2754:
2703:
292:, a training ship, and a stationary
3793:(1987). Roberts, Stephen S. (ed.).
2021:s were disappointments in service.
1697:in the Baltic Sea in late 1917 and
1417:, sank in a storm, 20 January 1894
425:in the mid-1840s. At the time, the
54:in the 1840s, acquired a series of
4174:Avisos of the Imperial German Navy
3461:
3428:
3373:
3330:
3263:
3184:
3139:
3094:
3007:
2969:
2945:
2892:
2861:
2813:
2730:
2691:
1187:shortly after entering service as
1030:Second Italian War of Independence
884:to the opening ceremonies for the
14:
1323:, staying in Constantinople with
160:in 1870, the Prussians purchased
3385:
3163:
3082:
3070:
2009:), discarding the more balanced
584:(19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)
247:, combined the best features of
3556:Gottschall, Terrell D. (2003).
2650:3,430 long tons (3,490 t)
2557:, she was used as an auxiliary
2473:2,082 t (2,049 long tons)
2303:1,117 t (1,099 long tons)
2279:1,078 t (1,061 long tons)
2119:1,499 t (1,475 long tons)
1936:2,266 t (2,230 long tons)
1762:1,486 t (1,463 long tons)
1584:1,170 t (1,150 long tons)
1261:1,230 t (1,210 long tons)
4003:List of naval ships of Germany
2586:ongoing civil war in Palestine
2478:triple-expansion steam engines
1655:spent much of her career as a
1321:Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
505:two years later in June 1879.
1:
3516:. Solihull: Helion & Co.
2635:
2459:
2294:
2276:3 × 35 cm torpedo tubes
2265:
2134:
2116:3 × 35 cm torpedo tubes
2105:
1924:
1777:
1748:
1569:
1386:
1255:2 × 12 cm (4.7 in)
1246:
1104:
957:
824:in her original configuration
793:
762:
546:
178:engaged French forces in the
1578:2 × 38 cm (15 in)
1395:2 × 8 cm (3.1 in)
501:in April 1877 and sunk as a
3831:Sondhaus, Lawrence (1997).
1401:460 t (450 long tons)
1116:470 t (460 long tons)
969:491 t (483 long tons)
774:430 t (420 long tons)
485:of Prussian vessels in the
253:with those of contemporary
4200:
4184:German naval-related lists
3580:German Warships: 1815–1945
2624:
2607:
2537:and other elements of the
2521:
2448:
2431:
2341:
2254:
2237:
2175:
2114:3 × 10.5 cm L/35 guns
2094:
2077:
1974:
1913:
1896:
1879:in 1921 and dismantled in
1816:
1737:
1720:
1622:
1558:
1541:
1480:, based his design of the
1441:
1375:
1358:
1298:
1235:
1218:
1140:
1093:
1076:
1010:
1007:in her later configuration
946:
929:
827:
751:
734:
647:Prince Adalbert of Prussia
632:
535:
518:
398:
115:. Another paddle steamer,
4179:Lists of ships of Germany
4051:
3998:
3887:
3881:Avisos of the German Navy
3489:Bilzer, Franz F. (1990).
2636:
2631:
2628:
2625:
2460:
2455:
2452:
2449:
2402:Battle of Helgoland Bight
2400:. She was present at the
2295:
2281:
2273:
2266:
2261:
2258:
2255:
2135:
2121:
2118:
2113:
2106:
2101:
2098:
2095:
2015:design. As a result, the
1925:
1920:
1917:
1914:
1778:
1764:
1761:
1756:
1749:
1744:
1741:
1738:
1570:
1565:
1562:
1559:
1387:
1382:
1379:
1376:
1332:Marinestation der Nordsee
1247:
1242:
1239:
1236:
1197:Marinestation der Nordsee
1176:North German Federal Navy
1105:
1100:
1097:
1094:
958:
953:
950:
947:
794:
782:
779:
776:
773:
770:
763:
758:
755:
752:
547:
542:
539:
536:
355:
343:
335:
323:
312:
304:
73:. The first such vessel,
3597:Heathcote, Tony (2002).
3512:Embree, Michael (2007).
3388:, pp. 249, 256–258.
3085:, pp. 130–131, 136.
2489:Sunk, 13 September 1914
2385:in the 1880s and 1890s.
2131:Sunk in collision, 1901
1679:in 1889 to suppress the
456:Prussian Eastern Railway
3601:. Pen & Sword Ltd.
1154:Confederate States Navy
786:Sold to Britain, 1855;
2600:
2590:
2579:
2547:
2529:
2519:
2514:
2424:
2377:
2371:
2364:
2358:
2349:
2339:
2335:
2230:
2220:
2210:
2203:
2194:
2184:
2173:
2168:
2070:
2060:
2048:
2042:
2032:
2026:
2017:
2011:
2001:
1993:
1987:
1972:
1967:
1889:
1863:
1856:
1843:
1830:
1824:
1814:
1810:
1713:
1699:
1689:
1671:
1665:
1651:
1631:
1620:
1615:
1534:
1516:
1489:
1468:
1462:
1439:
1435:
1351:
1341:
1331:
1325:
1306:
1296:
1291:
1211:
1195:
1189:
1170:, and left it idle in
1166:
1148:
1069:
1041:
1019:
1008:
1003:
922:
894:
876:
835:
825:
820:
727:
681:
675:
657:
651:
641:
630:
626:in a 1905 painting by
511:
406:
401:SMS Preussischer Adler
396:
388:
359:The date the ship was
259:
249:
225:
174:
141:
135:
97:
47:
4081:Coastal defense ships
2512:
2328:
2166:
1965:
1808:
1613:
1433:
1289:
1049:, the capital of the
1001:
818:
771:4 × 25-pound mortars
717:following her to the
614:
385:
21:
4136:Unprotected cruisers
3121:, pp. 141, 143.
2571:Operation Barbarossa
2468:4 × 8.8 cm guns
2274:4 × 8.8 cm guns
2038:Kaiser Wilhelm Canal
1487:directly on that of
1113:2 × 12-pounder guns
479:Battle of Heligoland
468:Second Schleswig War
421:between Prussia and
319:at full combat load
288:, she was used as a
255:unprotected cruisers
156:At the start of the
131:Second Schleswig War
95:—from Britain; like
4045:Warships of Germany
3541:The Times of Israel
3412:, pp. 109–110.
3290:, pp. 158–159.
3235:, pp. 158–160.
3211:, pp. 225–226.
3046:, pp. 234–236.
3022:, pp. 235–236.
2960:, pp. 224–229.
2931:, pp. 227–229.
2864:, pp. 278–279.
2772:, pp. 162–163.
2733:, pp. 280–286.
2605:
2524:German aviso Grille
2429:
2414:while steaming off
2235:
2214:was then used as a
2075:
1894:
1854:Completed in 1887,
1718:
1539:
1498:Otto von Diederichs
1454:Whitehead torpedoes
1450:Albrecht von Stosch
1356:
1216:
1074:
927:
910:Mürwik Naval School
732:
578:marine steam engine
516:
491:Franco-Prussian War
435:First Schleswig War
351:assembly commenced
301:
158:Franco-Prussian War
86:First Schleswig War
4121:Protected cruisers
3894:Preussischer Adler
2852:, pp. 72, 76.
2828:, pp. 55, 58.
2597:
2563:Operation Sea Lion
2520:
2421:
2340:
2227:
2178:Meteor-class aviso
2174:
2067:
1973:
1886:
1851:, out of service.
1815:
1710:
1677:German East Africa
1621:
1531:
1506:Alfred von Tirpitz
1440:
1348:
1297:
1257:breechloading guns
1208:
1162:American Civil War
1125:28 September 1859
1066:
1013:SMS Loreley (1859)
1009:
966:2 × 12-pound guns
919:
826:
724:
631:
550:Preussischer Adler
512:Preussischer Adler
508:
466:on the eve of the
407:Preussischer Adler
397:
389:Preussischer Adler
377:Preussischer Adler
370:Kaiserliche Marine
299:
274:One final vessel,
166:and requisitioned
147:Battles of Jasmind
145:saw action at the
142:Preussischer Adler
101:, these were both
77:Preussischer Adler
48:
4159:
4158:
4111:Ironclad warships
4056:Aircraft carriers
4011:
4010:
3842:978-1-55750-745-7
3823:978-0-87021-913-9
3804:978-0-87021-141-6
3782:978-0-85177-133-5
3746:978-3-7822-0267-1
3723:978-3-7822-0237-4
3700:978-3-7822-0456-9
3677:978-3-8364-9743-5
3654:978-3-7822-0211-4
3631:978-3-8364-9743-5
3608:978-0-85052-835-0
3589:978-0-87021-790-6
3567:978-1-55750-309-1
3534:(15 April 2013).
3523:978-1-906033-03-3
3504:978-3-900310-66-0
3443:, pp. 31–33.
3357:, pp. 81–82.
3333:, pp. 95–96.
3314:, pp. 60–61.
3247:, pp. 18–19.
3199:, pp. 91–93.
3109:, pp. 51–52.
3097:, pp. 21–22.
2987:, pp. 74–76.
2972:, pp. 87–88.
2948:, pp. 84–85.
2907:, pp. 26–30.
2876:, pp. 27–30.
2787:, pp. 98–99.
2721:, pp. 17–23.
2670:
2669:
2575:headquarters ship
2493:
2492:
2316:
2315:
2190:quick-firing guns
2153:
2152:
1977:Wacht-class aviso
1952:
1951:
1796:
1795:
1789:25 November 1884
1625:Blitz-class aviso
1600:
1599:
1458:Thames Iron Works
1421:
1420:
1277:
1276:
1132:
1131:
1034:Battle of Jasmund
989:
988:
806:
805:
699:Battle of Kinburn
601:
600:
460:Mediterranean Sea
366:
365:
317:Ship displacement
294:headquarters ship
98:Preussicher Adler
4191:
4061:Armored cruisers
4038:
4031:
4024:
4015:
3874:
3867:
3860:
3851:
3846:
3827:
3808:
3786:
3774:
3763:
3750:
3727:
3704:
3681:
3658:
3635:
3612:
3593:
3571:
3552:
3550:
3548:
3527:
3508:
3477:
3471:
3465:
3459:
3444:
3438:
3432:
3426:
3413:
3407:
3401:
3395:
3389:
3383:
3377:
3371:
3358:
3352:
3346:
3340:
3334:
3328:
3315:
3309:
3303:
3297:
3291:
3285:
3279:
3273:
3267:
3261:
3248:
3242:
3236:
3230:
3224:
3218:
3212:
3206:
3200:
3194:
3188:
3182:
3167:
3161:
3155:
3149:
3143:
3137:
3122:
3116:
3110:
3104:
3098:
3092:
3086:
3080:
3074:
3068:
3059:
3053:
3047:
3041:
3035:
3029:
3023:
3017:
3011:
3005:
2988:
2982:
2973:
2967:
2961:
2955:
2949:
2943:
2932:
2926:
2920:
2914:
2908:
2902:
2896:
2890:
2877:
2871:
2865:
2859:
2853:
2847:
2841:
2835:
2829:
2823:
2817:
2811:
2800:
2794:
2788:
2782:
2773:
2767:
2758:
2752:
2746:
2740:
2734:
2728:
2722:
2716:
2707:
2701:
2695:
2689:
2653:2 × screws, 2 ×
2606:
2603:
2593:
2582:
2552:
2532:
2517:
2476:2 × screws, 2 ×
2430:
2427:
2380:
2374:
2367:
2361:
2355:
2352:
2338:
2312:Broken up, 1920
2291:Broken up, 1919
2236:
2233:
2223:
2213:
2206:
2200:
2197:
2187:
2171:
2149:Broken up, 1920
2076:
2073:
2063:
2051:
2045:
2035:
2029:
2020:
2014:
2004:
1998:
1990:
1970:
1948:Broken up, 1921
1895:
1892:
1866:
1859:
1846:
1835:
1827:
1819:SMS Greif (1886)
1813:
1792:Broken up, 1922
1774:Broken up, 1921
1719:
1716:
1702:
1695:Operation Albion
1692:
1675:was deployed to
1674:
1668:
1654:
1634:
1618:
1596:Broken up, 1921
1540:
1537:
1519:
1492:
1478:Josef von Romako
1474:Austro-Hungarian
1471:
1465:
1438:
1357:
1354:
1344:
1334:
1328:
1309:
1294:
1273:Broken up, 1892
1217:
1214:
1200:
1192:
1169:
1167:Heinrich Heister
1151:
1143:SMS Falke (1865)
1122:1 February 1858
1075:
1072:
1044:
1022:
1006:
985:Broken up, 1920
928:
925:
897:
879:
850:ship of the line
838:
823:
733:
730:
684:
678:
663:
660:
654:
644:
517:
514:
409:
394:Christopher Rave
391:
302:
262:
252:
228:
177:
153:, respectively.
144:
138:
100:
71:dispatch vessels
4199:
4198:
4194:
4193:
4192:
4190:
4189:
4188:
4164:
4163:
4160:
4155:
4126:Screw corvettes
4047:
4042:
4012:
4007:
3994:
3883:
3878:
3843:
3830:
3824:
3811:
3805:
3789:
3783:
3766:
3753:
3747:
3730:
3724:
3707:
3701:
3684:
3678:
3661:
3655:
3638:
3632:
3615:
3609:
3596:
3590:
3574:
3568:
3555:
3546:
3544:
3532:Friedman, Matti
3530:
3524:
3511:
3505:
3488:
3485:
3480:
3472:
3468:
3460:
3447:
3439:
3435:
3427:
3416:
3408:
3404:
3396:
3392:
3384:
3380:
3372:
3361:
3353:
3349:
3341:
3337:
3329:
3318:
3310:
3306:
3298:
3294:
3286:
3282:
3274:
3270:
3262:
3251:
3243:
3239:
3231:
3227:
3219:
3215:
3207:
3203:
3195:
3191:
3183:
3170:
3162:
3158:
3150:
3146:
3138:
3125:
3117:
3113:
3105:
3101:
3093:
3089:
3081:
3077:
3069:
3062:
3054:
3050:
3042:
3038:
3030:
3026:
3018:
3014:
3006:
2991:
2983:
2976:
2968:
2964:
2956:
2952:
2944:
2935:
2927:
2923:
2915:
2911:
2903:
2899:
2891:
2880:
2872:
2868:
2860:
2856:
2848:
2844:
2836:
2832:
2824:
2820:
2812:
2803:
2795:
2791:
2783:
2776:
2768:
2761:
2753:
2749:
2741:
2737:
2729:
2725:
2717:
2710:
2702:
2698:
2690:
2679:
2675:
2655:geared turbines
2598:Summary of the
2526:
2507:
2500:
2469:
2422:Summary of the
2353:
2346:
2323:
2275:
2228:Summary of the
2198:
2180:
2161:
2115:
2068:Summary of the
1983:Leo von Caprivi
1979:
1960:
1887:Summary of the
1821:
1803:
1758:
1711:Summary of the
1685:High Seas Fleet
1681:Abushiri revolt
1657:flotilla leader
1627:
1608:
1532:Summary of the
1496:Future admiral
1485:-class cruisers
1446:
1428:
1349:Summary of the
1303:
1284:
1270:4 October 1870
1209:Summary of the
1158:blockade runner
1145:
1139:
1067:Summary of the
1015:
996:
974:screw propeller
920:Summary of the
841:screw propeller
832:
813:
725:Summary of the
709:being sold for
661:
637:
635:Nix-class aviso
609:
597:, 26 June 1879
509:Summary of the
462:with a pair of
441:that imposed a
403:
380:
373:
103:paddle steamers
12:
11:
5:
4197:
4195:
4187:
4186:
4181:
4176:
4166:
4165:
4157:
4156:
4154:
4153:
4152:
4151:
4146:
4140:Torpedo boats
4138:
4133:
4128:
4123:
4118:
4116:Light cruisers
4113:
4108:
4106:Heavy cruisers
4103:
4102:
4101:
4096:
4088:
4083:
4078:
4073:
4071:Battlecruisers
4068:
4063:
4058:
4052:
4049:
4048:
4043:
4041:
4040:
4033:
4026:
4018:
4009:
4008:
4006:
4005:
3999:
3996:
3995:
3993:
3992:
3985:
3977:
3969:
3961:
3953:
3945:
3937:
3929:
3921:
3913:
3905:
3897:
3888:
3885:
3884:
3879:
3877:
3876:
3869:
3862:
3854:
3848:
3847:
3841:
3828:
3822:
3809:
3803:
3791:Ropp, Theodore
3787:
3781:
3764:
3751:
3745:
3728:
3722:
3705:
3699:
3682:
3676:
3659:
3653:
3636:
3630:
3613:
3607:
3594:
3588:
3572:
3566:
3553:
3528:
3522:
3509:
3503:
3484:
3481:
3479:
3478:
3466:
3464:, p. 253.
3445:
3433:
3414:
3402:
3400:, p. 109.
3390:
3378:
3359:
3347:
3345:, p. 188.
3335:
3316:
3304:
3302:, p. 217.
3292:
3280:
3268:
3249:
3237:
3225:
3213:
3201:
3189:
3168:
3166:, p. 258.
3156:
3154:, p. 137.
3144:
3123:
3111:
3099:
3087:
3075:
3073:, p. 256.
3060:
3048:
3036:
3024:
3012:
2989:
2974:
2962:
2950:
2933:
2921:
2919:, p. 225.
2909:
2897:
2878:
2866:
2854:
2842:
2830:
2818:
2801:
2789:
2774:
2759:
2747:
2745:, p. 162.
2735:
2723:
2708:
2696:
2676:
2674:
2671:
2668:
2667:
2664:
2661:
2658:
2651:
2648:
2642:
2634:
2633:
2630:
2627:
2623:
2622:
2619:
2616:
2613:
2610:
2543:steam turbines
2522:Main article:
2506:
2501:
2499:
2494:
2491:
2490:
2487:
2484:
2481:
2474:
2471:
2466:
2458:
2457:
2454:
2451:
2447:
2446:
2443:
2440:
2437:
2434:
2390:Boxer Uprising
2342:Main article:
2322:
2317:
2314:
2313:
2310:
2309:29 April 1893
2307:
2304:
2301:
2293:
2292:
2289:
2286:
2283:
2280:
2277:
2272:
2264:
2263:
2260:
2257:
2253:
2252:
2249:
2246:
2243:
2240:
2176:Main article:
2160:
2154:
2151:
2150:
2147:
2144:
2141:
2133:
2132:
2129:
2128:9 August 1888
2126:
2123:
2120:
2117:
2112:
2104:
2103:
2100:
2097:
2093:
2092:
2089:
2086:
2083:
2080:
1975:Main article:
1959:
1953:
1950:
1949:
1946:
1943:
1940:
1937:
1934:
1931:
1923:
1922:
1919:
1916:
1912:
1911:
1908:
1905:
1902:
1899:
1817:Main article:
1802:
1797:
1794:
1793:
1790:
1787:
1784:
1776:
1775:
1772:
1771:28 March 1883
1769:
1766:
1763:
1760:
1755:
1747:
1746:
1743:
1740:
1736:
1735:
1732:
1729:
1726:
1723:
1637:light cruisers
1623:Main article:
1607:
1601:
1598:
1597:
1594:
1593:1 August 1876
1591:
1588:
1585:
1582:
1576:
1568:
1567:
1564:
1561:
1557:
1556:
1553:
1550:
1547:
1544:
1442:Main article:
1427:
1422:
1419:
1418:
1411:
1410:27 April 1871
1408:
1405:
1402:
1399:
1393:
1385:
1384:
1381:
1378:
1374:
1373:
1370:
1367:
1364:
1361:
1339:, and renamed
1301:SMS Pommerania
1299:Main article:
1283:
1278:
1275:
1274:
1271:
1268:
1265:
1262:
1259:
1253:
1245:
1244:
1241:
1238:
1234:
1233:
1230:
1227:
1224:
1221:
1203:naval register
1141:Main article:
1138:
1133:
1130:
1129:
1126:
1123:
1120:
1117:
1114:
1111:
1103:
1102:
1099:
1096:
1092:
1091:
1088:
1085:
1082:
1079:
1051:Ottoman Empire
1047:Constantinople
1011:Main article:
995:
990:
987:
986:
983:
980:
977:
970:
967:
964:
956:
955:
952:
949:
945:
944:
941:
938:
935:
932:
828:Main article:
812:
807:
804:
803:
800:
792:
791:
784:
781:
778:
775:
772:
769:
761:
760:
757:
754:
750:
749:
746:
743:
740:
737:
719:breaker's yard
633:Main article:
628:Lüder Arenhold
608:
602:
599:
598:
591:
588:
585:
570:
559:
553:
545:
544:
541:
538:
534:
533:
530:
527:
524:
521:
499:decommissioned
475:screw frigates
415:paddle steamer
399:Main article:
379:
374:
372:
367:
364:
363:
357:
353:
352:
345:
341:
340:
337:
333:
332:
325:
321:
320:
314:
310:
309:
306:
238:light cruisers
82:packet steamer
37:(center), and
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
4196:
4185:
4182:
4180:
4177:
4175:
4172:
4171:
4169:
4162:
4150:
4147:
4145:
4142:
4141:
4139:
4137:
4134:
4132:
4129:
4127:
4124:
4122:
4119:
4117:
4114:
4112:
4109:
4107:
4104:
4100:
4097:
4095:
4092:
4091:
4089:
4087:
4084:
4082:
4079:
4077:
4074:
4072:
4069:
4067:
4064:
4062:
4059:
4057:
4054:
4053:
4050:
4046:
4039:
4034:
4032:
4027:
4025:
4020:
4019:
4016:
4004:
4001:
4000:
3997:
3991:
3990:
3986:
3984:
3983:
3978:
3976:
3974:
3970:
3968:
3966:
3962:
3960:
3959:
3954:
3952:
3950:
3946:
3944:
3943:
3938:
3936:
3935:
3930:
3928:
3927:
3922:
3920:
3919:
3914:
3912:
3911:
3906:
3904:
3902:
3898:
3896:
3895:
3890:
3889:
3886:
3882:
3875:
3870:
3868:
3863:
3861:
3856:
3855:
3852:
3844:
3838:
3834:
3829:
3825:
3819:
3815:
3810:
3806:
3800:
3796:
3792:
3788:
3784:
3778:
3773:
3772:
3765:
3761:
3757:
3752:
3748:
3742:
3738:
3734:
3729:
3725:
3719:
3715:
3711:
3706:
3702:
3696:
3692:
3688:
3683:
3679:
3673:
3669:
3665:
3660:
3656:
3650:
3646:
3642:
3637:
3633:
3627:
3623:
3619:
3614:
3610:
3604:
3600:
3595:
3591:
3585:
3581:
3577:
3576:Gröner, Erich
3573:
3569:
3563:
3559:
3554:
3543:
3542:
3537:
3533:
3529:
3525:
3519:
3515:
3510:
3506:
3500:
3496:
3492:
3487:
3486:
3482:
3475:
3470:
3467:
3463:
3458:
3456:
3454:
3452:
3450:
3446:
3442:
3437:
3434:
3431:, p. 99.
3430:
3425:
3423:
3421:
3419:
3415:
3411:
3406:
3403:
3399:
3394:
3391:
3387:
3382:
3379:
3376:, p. 96.
3375:
3370:
3368:
3366:
3364:
3360:
3356:
3351:
3348:
3344:
3339:
3336:
3332:
3327:
3325:
3323:
3321:
3317:
3313:
3308:
3305:
3301:
3296:
3293:
3289:
3284:
3281:
3278:, p. 60.
3277:
3272:
3269:
3266:, p. 93.
3265:
3260:
3258:
3256:
3254:
3250:
3246:
3241:
3238:
3234:
3229:
3226:
3223:, p. 18.
3222:
3217:
3214:
3210:
3205:
3202:
3198:
3193:
3190:
3187:, p. 91.
3186:
3181:
3179:
3177:
3175:
3173:
3169:
3165:
3160:
3157:
3153:
3148:
3145:
3142:, p. 89.
3141:
3136:
3134:
3132:
3130:
3128:
3124:
3120:
3115:
3112:
3108:
3103:
3100:
3096:
3091:
3088:
3084:
3079:
3076:
3072:
3067:
3065:
3061:
3058:, p. 48.
3057:
3052:
3049:
3045:
3040:
3037:
3034:, p. 93.
3033:
3028:
3025:
3021:
3016:
3013:
3010:, p. 88.
3009:
3004:
3002:
3000:
2998:
2996:
2994:
2990:
2986:
2981:
2979:
2975:
2971:
2966:
2963:
2959:
2954:
2951:
2947:
2942:
2940:
2938:
2934:
2930:
2925:
2922:
2918:
2913:
2910:
2906:
2901:
2898:
2895:, p. 84.
2894:
2889:
2887:
2885:
2883:
2879:
2875:
2870:
2867:
2863:
2858:
2855:
2851:
2846:
2843:
2840:, p. 26.
2839:
2834:
2831:
2827:
2822:
2819:
2816:, p. 82.
2815:
2810:
2808:
2806:
2802:
2799:, p. 53.
2798:
2793:
2790:
2786:
2781:
2779:
2775:
2771:
2766:
2764:
2760:
2757:, p. 43.
2756:
2751:
2748:
2744:
2739:
2736:
2732:
2727:
2724:
2720:
2715:
2713:
2709:
2706:, p. 37.
2705:
2700:
2697:
2694:, p. 79.
2693:
2688:
2686:
2684:
2682:
2678:
2672:
2665:
2662:
2659:
2656:
2652:
2649:
2647:
2643:
2641:
2640:
2629:Commissioned
2615:Displacement
2602:
2595:
2592:
2587:
2581:
2576:
2572:
2568:
2564:
2560:
2556:
2551:
2550:
2544:
2540:
2536:
2531:
2525:
2516:
2511:
2505:
2502:
2498:
2495:
2488:
2485:
2482:
2479:
2475:
2472:
2467:
2465:
2464:
2453:Commissioned
2439:Displacement
2426:
2419:
2417:
2413:
2412:
2407:
2403:
2399:
2395:
2391:
2386:
2384:
2379:
2373:
2366:
2360:
2351:
2345:
2337:
2332:
2327:
2321:
2318:
2311:
2308:
2305:
2302:
2300:
2299:
2290:
2287:
2284:
2278:
2271:
2270:
2259:Commissioned
2245:Displacement
2232:
2225:
2222:
2217:
2216:barracks ship
2212:
2205:
2196:
2191:
2186:
2179:
2170:
2165:
2158:
2155:
2148:
2146:25 June 1889
2145:
2142:
2140:
2139:
2130:
2127:
2124:
2111:
2110:
2099:Commissioned
2085:Displacement
2072:
2065:
2062:
2057:
2056:
2050:
2044:
2039:
2034:
2028:
2022:
2019:
2013:
2008:
2003:
1997:
1996:
1989:
1984:
1978:
1969:
1964:
1957:
1954:
1947:
1944:
1941:
1938:
1935:
1932:
1930:
1929:
1918:Commissioned
1904:Displacement
1891:
1884:
1882:
1878:
1877:ship breakers
1874:
1870:
1865:
1858:
1852:
1850:
1845:
1839:
1838:capital ships
1834:
1833:
1826:
1820:
1812:
1807:
1801:
1798:
1791:
1788:
1785:
1783:
1782:
1773:
1770:
1767:
1754:
1753:
1742:Commissioned
1728:Displacement
1715:
1708:
1706:
1701:
1696:
1693:took part in
1691:
1686:
1682:
1678:
1673:
1667:
1662:
1661:torpedo boats
1658:
1653:
1647:
1645:
1643:
1638:
1633:
1626:
1617:
1612:
1605:
1602:
1595:
1592:
1589:
1586:
1583:
1581:
1580:torpedo tubes
1577:
1575:
1574:
1563:Commissioned
1549:Displacement
1536:
1529:
1527:
1523:
1518:
1513:
1512:
1507:
1503:
1499:
1494:
1491:
1486:
1484:
1479:
1475:
1470:
1464:
1459:
1455:
1451:
1445:
1437:
1432:
1426:
1423:
1416:
1415:merchant ship
1413:Converted to
1412:
1409:
1406:
1403:
1400:
1398:
1394:
1392:
1391:
1380:Commissioned
1366:Displacement
1353:
1346:
1343:
1338:
1333:
1327:
1322:
1318:
1314:
1308:
1302:
1293:
1288:
1282:
1279:
1272:
1269:
1266:
1263:
1260:
1258:
1254:
1252:
1251:
1240:Commissioned
1226:Displacement
1213:
1206:
1204:
1199:
1198:
1191:
1186:
1185:
1181:
1177:
1173:
1168:
1163:
1159:
1156:for use as a
1155:
1150:
1144:
1137:
1134:
1127:
1124:
1121:
1118:
1115:
1112:
1110:
1109:
1098:Commissioned
1084:Displacement
1071:
1064:
1061:
1060:'Urabi revolt
1056:
1052:
1048:
1043:
1037:
1035:
1031:
1026:
1021:
1014:
1005:
1000:
994:
991:
984:
981:
978:
975:
971:
968:
965:
963:
962:
951:Commissioned
937:Displacement
924:
917:
915:
914:Imperial Navy
911:
907:
906:
901:
896:
891:
887:
883:
878:
873:
871:
870:
865:
864:
860:
859:steam frigate
856:
855:
851:
846:
842:
837:
831:
822:
817:
811:
808:
801:
799:
798:
789:
785:
768:
767:
756:Commissioned
742:Displacement
729:
722:
720:
716:
712:
708:
704:
700:
696:
692:
688:
683:
677:
672:
671:
667:
659:
653:
648:
643:
636:
629:
625:
624:
619:
618:
613:
606:
603:
596:
592:
589:
586:
583:
579:
575:
574:paddle wheels
571:
568:
564:
560:
558:
555:2 × 25-pound
554:
552:
551:
540:Commissioned
526:Displacement
513:
506:
504:
500:
496:
495:training ship
492:
488:
484:
480:
476:
473:
469:
465:
461:
457:
453:
452:
448:
444:
440:
436:
432:
428:
427:Prussian Navy
424:
420:
416:
413:
408:
402:
395:
390:
384:
378:
375:
371:
368:
362:
358:
356:Commissioned
354:
350:
347:The date the
346:
342:
338:
334:
330:
326:
322:
318:
315:
313:Displacement
311:
307:
303:
297:
295:
291:
287:
283:
279:
278:
272:
270:
266:
261:
256:
251:
246:
244:
239:
235:
234:
227:
222:
221:-class avisos
220:
215:
214:-class avisos
213:
208:
207:
202:
201:-class avisos
200:
195:
194:Imperial Navy
191:
187:
186:
181:
176:
171:
170:
165:
164:
159:
154:
152:
148:
143:
137:
132:
128:
124:
120:
119:
114:
113:
108:
104:
99:
94:
92:
87:
83:
79:
78:
72:
68:
65:
61:
57:
53:
52:Prussian Navy
46:
42:
41:
36:
35:
30:
29:
24:
20:
16:
4161:
4065:
3988:
3981:
3972:
3964:
3957:
3948:
3941:
3933:
3925:
3917:
3909:
3903:-class aviso
3900:
3893:
3880:
3832:
3813:
3794:
3770:
3759:
3755:
3736:
3732:
3713:
3709:
3690:
3686:
3667:
3663:
3644:
3640:
3621:
3617:
3598:
3579:
3557:
3545:. Retrieved
3539:
3513:
3494:
3490:
3469:
3436:
3405:
3393:
3381:
3350:
3338:
3307:
3295:
3283:
3271:
3240:
3228:
3216:
3204:
3192:
3159:
3147:
3114:
3102:
3090:
3078:
3051:
3039:
3027:
3015:
2965:
2953:
2924:
2912:
2900:
2869:
2857:
2845:
2833:
2821:
2792:
2750:
2738:
2726:
2699:
2663:19 May 1935
2638:
2567:Soviet Union
2555:World War II
2549:Kriegsmarine
2535:Adolf Hitler
2527:
2518:in the 1930s
2503:
2497:Kriegsmarine
2496:
2462:
2410:
2398:German Bight
2387:
2347:
2319:
2297:
2288:19 May 1891
2268:
2181:
2156:
2137:
2108:
2054:
2023:
1980:
1955:
1945:9 July 1887
1927:
1853:
1822:
1799:
1780:
1751:
1648:
1641:
1628:
1603:
1572:
1510:
1495:
1482:
1447:
1424:
1389:
1304:
1280:
1249:
1183:
1146:
1135:
1107:
1055:Great Powers
1038:
1016:
992:
982:3 June 1858
960:
904:
874:
869:Tordenskjold
868:
862:
853:
833:
809:
796:
765:
714:
713:in 1869 and
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690:
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450:
419:packet route
410:was an iron-
404:
386:Painting of
376:
369:
361:commissioned
286:World War II
282:Adolf Hitler
276:
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188:, the first
184:
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105:. The first
90:
76:
49:
45:Willy Stöwer
39:
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27:
15:
4076:Battleships
3547:26 November
2618:Propulsion
2486:3 May 1896
2442:Propulsion
2248:Propulsion
2088:Propulsion
1988:Jeune École
1907:Propulsion
1832:Jeune École
1731:Propulsion
1552:Propulsion
1522:World War I
1369:Propulsion
1229:Propulsion
1180:turret ship
1160:during the
1087:Propulsion
940:Propulsion
745:Propulsion
695:Crimean War
685:became HMS
561:1,430
529:Propulsion
489:during the
439:Danish Navy
324:Propulsion
271:afterward.
265:World War I
43:(right) by
4168:Categories
4086:Destroyers
3934:Pommerania
3483:References
3107:Gottschall
3056:Gottschall
2660:June 1934
2626:Laid down
2450:Laid down
2394:Qing China
2331:lithograph
2256:Laid down
2096:Laid down
2007:seakeeping
1915:Laid down
1739:Laid down
1560:Laid down
1526:guard ship
1511:Barbarossa
1444:SMS Zieten
1390:Pommerania
1377:Laid down
1352:Pommerania
1307:Pommerania
1292:Pommerania
1281:Pommerania
1237:Laid down
1095:Laid down
948:Laid down
890:Swinemünde
886:Suez Canal
830:SMS Grille
797:Salamander
753:Laid down
703:Royal Navy
682:Salamander
623:Salamander
593:Sunk as a
537:Laid down
487:Baltic Sea
344:Laid down
327:Number of
216:, and two
169:Pommerania
151:Heligoland
23:Lithograph
4090:Frigates
3980:SMS
3956:SMS
3940:SMS
3932:SMS
3924:SMS
3916:SMS
3908:SMS
3892:SMS
2797:Heathcote
2612:Armament
2559:minelayer
2436:Armament
2416:Helgoland
2409:HMS
2406:submarine
2242:Armament
2172:at anchor
2082:Armament
1995:Reichstag
1901:Armament
1725:Armament
1546:Armament
1502:waterline
1397:hoop guns
1363:Armament
1223:Armament
1172:Rotterdam
1081:Armament
1025:flotillas
934:Armament
882:Friedrich
788:broken up
739:Armament
721:in 1873.
673:in 1855;
567:long tons
523:Armament
451:St. Croix
305:Armament
290:minelayer
284:. During
269:broken up
231:SMS
123:laid down
75:SMS
67:flotillas
60:flagships
4144:Imperial
3578:(1990).
3474:Friedman
3288:Sondhaus
3233:Sondhaus
3152:Sondhaus
3119:Sondhaus
3032:Sondhaus
2850:Sondhaus
2826:Sondhaus
2755:Sondhaus
2704:Sondhaus
2621:Service
2445:Service
2381:and the
2344:SMS Hela
2251:Service
2218:, while
2091:Service
1910:Service
1734:Service
1663:, while
1555:Service
1372:Service
1337:schooner
1317:Salonika
1313:ironclad
1232:Service
1184:Arminius
1128:Unknown
1090:Service
943:Service
863:Sjælland
857:and the
748:Service
639:The two
532:Service
483:flagship
472:Austrian
464:gunboats
443:blockade
336:Service
80:, was a
31:(left),
4131:U-boats
4094:Current
3918:Loreley
2372:Gazelle
2329:A 1902
2055:Sachsen
1971:in 1899
1881:Hamburg
1849:laid up
1642:Gazelle
1639:of the
1619:in 1899
1326:Loreley
1295:in 1887
1108:Loreley
1070:Loreley
1042:Loreley
1004:Loreley
993:Loreley
790:, 1873
707:Recruit
697:at the
691:Recruit
666:frigate
580:, 10.5
565:(1,410
557:mortars
243:Gazelle
190:torpedo
136:Loreley
118:Loreley
64:gunboat
4066:Avisos
3989:Grille
3973:Meteor
3942:Zieten
3910:Grille
3839:
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3462:Sieche
3429:Gröner
3374:Gröner
3331:Gröner
3264:Gröner
3185:Gröner
3140:Gröner
3095:Bilzer
3008:Gröner
2970:Gröner
2946:Gröner
2893:Gröner
2862:Embree
2814:Gröner
2731:Embree
2692:Gröner
2639:Grille
2604:class
2601:Grille
2591:Grille
2580:Grille
2530:Grille
2515:Grille
2504:Grille
2428:class
2365:Meteor
2269:Meteor
2234:class
2231:Meteor
2211:Meteor
2204:Meteor
2185:Meteor
2169:Meteor
2157:Meteor
2074:class
1893:class
1869:hulked
1717:class
1705:U-boat
1573:Zieten
1538:class
1535:Zieten
1517:Zieten
1490:Zieten
1469:Zieten
1463:Zieten
1436:Zieten
1425:Zieten
1355:class
1215:class
1073:class
1020:Grille
961:Grille
926:class
923:Grille
900:tender
895:Grille
877:Grille
854:Skjold
836:Grille
821:Grille
810:Grille
731:class
670:Thetis
595:target
576:, 1 ×
515:class
503:target
423:Russia
412:hulled
329:shafts
277:Grille
226:Meteor
219:Meteor
209:, two
185:Zieten
180:Baltic
175:Grille
127:yachts
121:, was
112:Grille
69:, and
56:avisos
34:Meteor
4149:Reich
3975:class
3967:class
3965:Wacht
3958:Greif
3951:class
3949:Blitz
3926:Falke
3758:[
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2673:Notes
2632:Fate
2609:Ship
2483:1893
2456:Fate
2433:Ship
2359:Wacht
2354:'
2306:1890
2298:Comet
2285:1888
2262:Fate
2239:Ship
2221:Comet
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2195:Comet
2159:class
2143:1887
2125:1886
2109:Wacht
2102:Fate
2079:Ship
2071:Wacht
2049:Wacht
2027:Wacht
2018:Wacht
2012:Blitz
2002:Wacht
1968:Wacht
1958:class
1956:Wacht
1942:1885
1928:Greif
1921:Fate
1898:Ship
1890:Greif
1864:Greif
1857:Greif
1844:Greif
1825:Greif
1811:Greif
1800:Greif
1786:1881
1781:Pfeil
1768:1881
1752:Blitz
1745:Fate
1722:Ship
1714:Blitz
1700:Pfeil
1690:Blitz
1672:Pfeil
1666:Pfeil
1652:Blitz
1644:class
1632:Blitz
1616:Pfeil
1606:class
1604:Blitz
1590:1875
1566:Fate
1543:Ship
1407:1864
1383:Fate
1360:Ship
1342:Adler
1267:1865
1250:Falke
1243:Fate
1220:Ship
1212:Falke
1190:Falke
1149:Falke
1136:Falke
1101:Fate
1078:Ship
1017:With
979:1856
954:Fate
931:Ship
905:Freya
845:yacht
783:1850
780:1850
759:Fate
736:Ship
715:Weser
711:scrap
687:Weser
662:'
607:class
590:1846
587:1846
582:knots
543:Fate
520:Ship
431:yawls
245:class
212:Wacht
206:Greif
199:Blitz
163:Falke
107:screw
93:class
28:Greif
4099:Sail
3982:Hela
3837:ISBN
3818:ISBN
3799:ISBN
3777:ISBN
3741:ISBN
3718:ISBN
3695:ISBN
3672:ISBN
3649:ISBN
3626:ISBN
3603:ISBN
3584:ISBN
3562:ISBN
3549:2019
3518:ISBN
3499:ISBN
3386:Lyon
3164:Lyon
3083:Ropp
3071:Lyon
2644:3 ×
2539:Nazi
2463:Hela
2425:Hela
2378:Hela
2362:and
2350:Hela
2336:Hela
2320:Hela
2138:Jagd
2061:Jagd
2043:Jagd
2033:Jagd
1873:mine
1659:for
1629:The
1483:Zara
972:1 ×
689:and
679:and
620:and
572:2 ×
447:brig
349:keel
300:Key
260:Hela
250:Hela
233:Hela
149:and
139:and
62:for
40:Jagd
3901:Nix
2392:in
2333:of
766:Nix
728:Nix
676:Nix
658:Nix
652:Nix
642:Nix
617:Nix
605:Nix
392:by
91:Nix
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