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4 unusual facts about Prussian Navy


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.

Kaiserliche Werften

Kaiserliche Werften were government-owned shipyards which were responsible for the construction and repair of warships of the Prussian Navy from 1871 to 1920.

Ludwig von Henk

Ludwig von Henk (March 4, 1820, Anklam – October 17, 1894) was a German naval officer, who distinguished himself in the Prussian Navy and later in the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire.

After the establishment of the Prussian Navy in 1849, he entered as an auxiliary officer, becoming a Kapitänleutnant in 1855 and a Korvettenkapitän in 1859.



see also

Prussian Navy Department

From 1859 to 1860 Admiral Jan Schröder was chief of the Prussian Navy administration (Marineverwaltung).