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unusual facts about Kaiserliche Marine



August von Heeringen

He headed the Imperial Navy News Office (Nachrichtenbureau der Reichsmarine) and served as the Chief of the German Naval General Staff (Admiralstab) 12 March 1911 - 31 March 1913, and was present at the famous War Council of 8 December 1912.

Ernst Wollweber

Born in Hann. Münden, Province of Hanover in 1898, Wollweber joined Imperial Germany's navy, the Kaiserliche Marine, at a young age and served in the submarine department during World War I.

HMS King Edward VII

At 10:47, she struck a mine that had been laid by the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Möwe off Cape Wrath.

Holcombe, Greater Manchester

L21, a Zeppelin commanded by Oberleutnant Kurt Frankenburg of the Imperial German Navy, dropped five bombs on the village on its way to Bolton.

House of Bismarck

Two ships of the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), as well as a battleship from the World War II-era, were named after Otto von Bismarck.

Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven

Together with Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Kiel it was one of three shipyards which only produced warships for the Preußische Marine and the following German Kaiserliche Marine.

Marinestation der Nordsee

The Marinestation der Nordsee (North Sea Naval Station) of the German Imperial Navy Kaiserliche Marine at Wilhelmshaven, Germany came out of the efforts of the navy of the North German Confederation.

Port international de Port-au-Prince

On 13 June 1872, a German fleet composed of SMS Vineta and SMS Gazelle seized Haitian Navy ships Union and Mont Organisé which were anchored in the port, as a means of pressure to have the Haitian government pay a 20,000 thaler debt to a German businessman.


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Karl Eduard Heusner

Karl Eduard Heusner (born 8 January 1843 in Perl (today in the German state of Saarland); died February 27, 1891 in Weimar, Germany) was a Vice-Admiral of the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine).