Imperial German Navy

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historical organization military branch navy

The Imperial German Navy was the maritime force of the German Empire, renowned for its powerful battle fleet and pioneering use of U-boats during World War I.

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Statements (90)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical organization → military branch → navy →
activeFrom	1871 →
activeUntil	1919 →
alliance	Triple Alliance →
budgetaryPolicy	Tirpitz Plan →
commander	Alfred von Tirpitz → Franz von Hipper → Friedrich von Ingenohl → Hugo von Pohl NERFINISHED → Prince Heinrich of Prussia → Reinhard Scheer →
commanderTitle	Commander-in-Chief of the High Seas Fleet → State Secretary of the Imperial Naval Office →
conflict	Boxer Rebellion → Herero Wars → World War I → World War I naval warfare →
country	German Empire →
dissolved	1919 →
doctrine	risk theory →
emblem	Imperial German war ensign → Iron Cross →
engagedIn	Anglo-German naval arms race →
followedBy	Reichsmarine →
garrison	Berlin Naval Office →
headOfStateAsCommander	German Emperor →
language	German →
legalBasis	German Naval Laws →
mainBase	Kiel → Wilhelmshaven →
nativeName	Kaiserliche Marine →
notableEngagement	Battle of Coronel → Battle of Jutland → Battle of the Falkland Islands →
notableEvent	Scapa Flow internment → scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow →
notableInnovation	development of modern battlecruiser concepts → pioneering operational use of submarines in warfare →
notableOperation	First Battle of Heligoland Bight → Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby → Second Battle of Heligoland Bight → unrestricted submarine warfare →
notableShip	SMS Derfflinger → SMS Emden → SMS Friedrich der Grosse → SMS Gneisenau → SMS Helgoland → SMS König → SMS Nassau → SMS Scharnhorst → SMS Seydlitz → U-20 → U-9 →
notableUnit	High Seas Fleet → Scouting Forces → U-boat arm →
overseasBase	German East Africa → German New Guinea → German Samoa → Kiautschou Bay concession → Tsingtao →
partOf	Imperial German Armed Forces →
patron	Wilhelm II, German Emperor →
peakPeriod	on the eve of World War I →
peakPersonnel	over 80,000 →
precededBy	North German Federal Navy → Prussian Navy →
rival	French Navy → Imperial Russian Navy → Royal Navy →
role	coastal defense → commerce raiding → power projection → sea control →
secondaryBase	Cuxhaven →
serviceBranchOf	German Empire →
statusDuringWWI	second-largest navy in the world →
usedWeaponType	U-boat → armoured cruiser → battlecruiser → coastal defense ship → destroyer → dreadnought battleship → light cruiser → minelayer → pre-dreadnought battleship → seaplane → torpedo boat →

Referenced by (29)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Erich Raeder → Ernst Vanselow → Franz von Hipper → Günther Lütjens → Hans Langsdorff → Karl Dönitz → Maximilian von Spee → Reinhard Scheer →	militaryBranch
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein → SMS Derfflinger → SMS Lützow → SMS Seydlitz →	operator
SMS Lützow ("Kaiserliche Marine") → SMS Seydlitz ("Kaiserliche Marine") →	serviceBranch
Battle of Dogger Bank →	belligerent
Battle of Jutland ("Kaiserliche Marine") →	combatant
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg →	employer
German Navy →	hasHistoricalPredecessor
North Sea theatre of World War I →	involvedForce
Blue Max →	laterUsedBy
Atlantic theatre of World War I →	mainOpponent
Imperial German Navy ("Kaiserliche Marine") →	nativeName
Zeppelin airships →	operatedBy
Home Fleet →	opponent
Reinhard Scheer ("Imperial German Navy officer corps") →	partOf
Reichsmarine ("Kaiserliche Marine") →	predecessor
Battle of Jutland ("German High Seas Fleet remained largely confined to port") →	strategicOutcome
Krupp →	supplied
U-boats →	usedBy