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Germany
German Naval bases,
shipyards, ports, harbours and dockyards. Photos, details and
history of German naval bases and other ports, including Kiel, Hamburg and
Wilhelmshaven. |
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Kiel Kiel Kaiserliche Werft,
(Imperial Shipyard. ) the first Iron Clad built at Kiel was in 1877 with
the construction of Friedrich der Grosse. this was soon followed by other
major warships the Falke in 1891, Hilderbrand in 1893, Hagen in 1894 Aegir
in 1896 and the heavily armoured cruisers. Furst Bismarck in 1897, Prinz
Heinrich in 1900, Prinze Adalbert ijn1 903, Roon in 1905 and Blucher in
1909/ and in 1912 the battleship Kaiser was built/ leading upto to World
war One Kiel became the headquarters to the Imperial German
navy. Further construction continued and the building of many
cruisers including Konigsburg and Nurnburg, Augsburg and in 1914 the
Grandenz. After the war. In 1919 the Dockyard was privatized and six
years later was sold to Deutsche Werke AG of Berlin, who also owned the
Torpedo factory of Friedrichsorter. and continued building warships
throughout the 1903's and early 1940's . Kiel was the headquarters
for the German navy including the U-boat Division. throughout world war
two. Kiel is also the home of the German naval academy which was started
in 1872 and continued until the end of world war two. except for the
years 1926 to 1931 when it was moved to Berlin. Also at Kiel is the German
naval monument dedicated to the German Naval seamen lost during the world
war one. |
Kiel.
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Kiel
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Hamburg |
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Ships at Hamburg.
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Wilhelmshaven |
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The Entrance to Wilhelmshaven
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Wilhelmshaven
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