High Seas Fleet

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battle fleet military unit naval formation

The High Seas Fleet was the main battle fleet of the Imperial German Navy during World War I, best known for its clashes with the British Royal Navy, including the Battle of Jutland.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
High Seas Fleet canonical 24
ShipCrews 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle fleet ⓘ
military unit ⓘ
naval formation ⓘ
activeDuring World War I ⓘ
basedIn Kiel ⓘ
Wilhelmshaven ⓘ
commander Friedrich von Ingenohl ⓘ
Hugo von Pohl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reinhard Scheer ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
dateOfScuttling 21 June 1919 ⓘ
designedByPolicyOf Alfred von Tirpitz ⓘ
disbanded 1919 ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Dogger Bank ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)

First Battle of Heligoland Bight ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Heligoland Bight (1914)

Battle of Jutland ⓘ
Operation Albion (support role) ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
fate scuttled at Scapa Flow ⓘ
flagship SMS Baden ⓘ
SMS Friedrich der Grosse ⓘ
formed 1907 ⓘ
internedAt Scapa Flow ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
nativeLabel High Seas Fleet (Imperial German Navy) ⓘ
surface form: Hochseeflotte
navalPowerStatus second only to Royal Navy at outbreak of World War I ⓘ
notableCommander Franz von Hipper ⓘ
numberOfCapitalShipsAtJutland approximately 16 dreadnought battleships ⓘ
opposedBy Royal Navy ⓘ
partOf Imperial German Navy ⓘ
precededBy Home Fleet (Imperial German Navy) ⓘ
primaryMission challenge British naval supremacy ⓘ
primaryOpponent Grand Fleet ⓘ
primaryRole capital ship fleet ⓘ
sea control ⓘ
strategicDoctrine fleet in being ⓘ
risk theory ⓘ
subordinateTo Admiralstab (German Imperial Admiralty Staff) ⓘ
surrenderedTo Royal Navy ⓘ
symbolOf German naval expansion under Kaiser Wilhelm II ⓘ
theaterOfOperations North Sea ⓘ
usedShipType battlecruiser ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ
dreadnought battleship ⓘ
light cruiser ⓘ
torpedo boat ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Grand Fleet → opponent → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
Imperial German Navy → notableUnit → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
SMS Seydlitz → partOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
SMS Derfflinger → navalFleet → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
Reinhard Scheer → commanded → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
Reinhard Scheer → militaryUnit → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
Franz von Hipper → memberOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
Pirates → formOfOrganization → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
this entity surface form: ShipCrews
Action of 19 August 1916 → hasParticipant → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
Scouting Forces → usedBy → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
SMS Nassau → fleetAssignment → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
SMS König → navalFleet → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
SMS Friedrich der Grosse → fleetFlagshipOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
SMS Friedrich der Grosse → partOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
U-9 → partOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: SM U-9
Deutschland-class battleship → partOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
German battlecruiser Seydlitz → navalFleet → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
Moltke-class battlecruiser → partOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
German armoured cruiser Blücher → fleetAssignment → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
German battleship SMS König → navalFleet → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: SMS König
German battleship SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm → partOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm
German battleship SMS Markgraf → partOf → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: SMS Markgraf
Admiral Friedrich von Ingenohl → command → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: Friedrich von Ingenohl
German cruiser SMS Brummer → fleetAssignment → High Seas Fleet ⓘ
subject surface form: SMS Brummer
Grand Fleet (Royal Navy) → primaryOpponent → High Seas Fleet ⓘ