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11 unusual facts about German Navy


Bottsand-class oil recovery ship

The Bottsand class oil recovery ships (Type 738) of the German Navy are intended for seawater pollution control.

Hamburg-class destroyer

Zerstörergeschwader (second destroyer squadron) of the Bundesmarine/Deutsche Marine (German Navy).

IdZ

The Projekthaus System Soldat industrial consortium led by Rheinmetall Defence is currently developing IdZ -ES- for the German Army, the German Air Force and the German Navy.

Lütjens-class destroyer

The Type 103 Lütjens class was the last class of destroyers in service with the German Navy.

Max Reichpietsch

Max Reichpietsch (24 October 1894 - 5 September 1917) was a German sailor executed in 1917 for socialist agitation in the German Navy.

Otto Hoetzsch

In 1899 he obtained a PhD, worked for several newspapers and was active in the Alldeutscher Verband and favoured the creation of a German Navy.

Submarine depth ratings

The test depth is set at two-thirds of the design depth for United States Navy submarines, while the Royal Navy sets test depth slightly deeper than half (4/7ths) of the design depth, and the German Navy sets it at exactly one-half of design depth.

Walchensee-class tanker

The Walchensee class tanker (Type 703) is a series of four small coastal tankers, built by Lindenau-Werft in Kiel for the German Navy to transport fuel and fresh water between depots and to units near coasts or in harbour.

Westerwald-class transport ship

The Westerwald class transport ships are used by the German Navy to carry ammunition and other matériel.

Wilhelm Kleinschmidt

A native of Oldenburg, Kleinschmidt joined the German Navy in 1932 and was given two years seniority on account of having formerly served for seven years in the merchant service.

William VanMeter Alford, Jr.

During his tenure with Commander Cruiser Destroyer Group Twelve, Alford was chosen to serve as the United States Navy representative to the German Navy for Exocet missile testing and analysis, including live firing.


Action of 7 September 2009

The Action of 7 September 2009 took place when the German frigate Brandenburg, taking part of Operation Atalanta, chased and captured a pirate skiff south of Al Mukalla, in the Gulf of Aden, after suspicious activity was spotted on the small vessel by the frigate’s helicopter during a reconnaissance mission.

Feldwebel

In the Deutsche Marine (German Navy, as part of the Bundeswehr), the equivalent to Feldwebel is the rank of Bootsmann ("boatswain").

FT Adler Kiel Rugby

Rugby in Kiel begun in the 1930s, when workers of the local shipyards and members of the German Navy, then called the Reichsmarine, formed the 1.

IRIS-T

The IDAS variant is a navalized version of the missile, is also being developed for the new Type 212 submarine of the German Navy.

RIM-66 Standard

The Dutch and German Navies have added it to the Anti-Air Warfare system, which uses the Thales Nederland Active Phased Array Radar and Smart-L radar.

Turbo-Union RB199

The RB199 has amassed over 5 million flight hours since entering service with the Royal Air Force, Luftwaffe, German Navy, Italian Air Force and Royal Saudi Air Force.

Western Approaches

The term is most commonly used when discussing naval warfare, notably during the First World War and Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War in which the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) attempted to blockade the United Kingdom using submarines (U-boats) operating in this area.