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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Label Occurrences
Imperial German Navy canonical 109
Kaiserliche Marine 21
German Imperial Navy 2

Statements (90)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical organization ⓘ
military branch ⓘ
navy ⓘ
activeFrom 1871 ⓘ
activeUntil 1919 ⓘ
alliance Triple Alliance (1882) ⓘ
surface form: Triple Alliance
budgetaryPolicy Tirpitz Plan ⓘ
commander Alfred von Tirpitz ⓘ
Franz von Hipper ⓘ
Friedrich von Ingenohl ⓘ
Hugo von Pohl ⓘ
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 and Namaqua genocide ⓘ
surface form: 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 Imperial German Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
notableEngagement Battle of Coronel ⓘ
Battle of Jutland ⓘ
Battle of the Falkland Islands ⓘ
notableEvent Scapa Flow ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Emden ⓘ
surface form: SMS Emden

SMS Friedrich der Grosse ⓘ
SMS Gneisenau ⓘ
Helgoland ⓘ
surface form: SMS Helgoland

SMS König ⓘ
SMS Nassau ⓘ
German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
surface form: SMS Scharnhorst

SMS Seydlitz ⓘ
U-20 ⓘ
U-9 ⓘ
notableUnit High Seas Fleet ⓘ
Scouting Forces ⓘ
U-boats ⓘ
surface form: U-boat arm
overseasBase German East Africa ⓘ
German New Guinea ⓘ
Samoa ⓘ
surface form: German Samoa

Kiautschou Bay concession ⓘ
Tsingtao ⓘ
partOf Imperial German Army ⓘ
surface form: 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-boats ⓘ
surface form: U-boat

armoured cruiser ⓘ
battlecruiser ⓘ
coastal defense ship ⓘ
destroyer ⓘ
dreadnought battleship ⓘ
light cruiser ⓘ
minelayer ⓘ
pre-dreadnought battleship ⓘ
seaplane ⓘ
torpedo boat ⓘ

Referenced by (140)

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

U-boats → usedBy → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Battle of Jutland → combatant → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
Battle of Jutland → strategicOutcome → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: German High Seas Fleet remained largely confined to port
Karl Dönitz → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg → employer → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Krupp (company) → supplied → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
subject surface form: Krupp
Erich Raeder → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Imperial German Navy → nativeName → Imperial German Navy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
Blue Max → laterUsedBy → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Günther Lütjens → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Hans Langsdorff → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
German battleship Schleswig-Holstein → operator → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Maximilian von Spee → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Zeppelin airships → operatedBy → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
SMS Lützow → operator → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
SMS Lützow → serviceBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
SMS Seydlitz → operator → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
SMS Seydlitz → serviceBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
SMS Derfflinger → operator → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Battle of Dogger Bank → belligerent → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Home Fleet → opponent → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Atlantic theatre of World War I → mainOpponent → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
North Sea theatre of World War I → involvedForce → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Reinhard Scheer → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Reinhard Scheer → partOf → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial German Navy officer corps
Reichsmarine → predecessor → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
Franz von Hipper → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
German Navy → hasHistoricalPredecessor → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Captain Ernst Vanselow → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
subject surface form: Ernst Vanselow
Józef Unrug → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Ottoman navy → alliedWith → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Großadmiral → usedBy → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Martin Niemöller → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Erich Bey → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
German Revolution of 1918–1919 → participant → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: German Imperial Navy
Fokker Eindecker series → usedBy → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial German Navy Air Service
High Seas Fleet → partOf → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Destruction of Zeppelin LZ 37 → combatant → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Second Battle of Heligoland Bight → belligerent → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kaiserliche Marine
Commander-in-Chief of the German Navy → serviceBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Imperial German Naval Academy → operatedBy → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Imperial German Naval Academy → partOf → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Imperial German Naval Academy → educated → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Imperial German Navy officers
Imperial German Naval Academy → serviceBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Imperial German Naval Academy → namedAfter → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
German Naval Museum → focusesOn → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Austro-Hungarian Navy → alliedWith → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Oswald Pohl → educatedAt → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Rolf Carls → militaryBranch → Imperial German Navy ⓘ
Scouting Forces → partOf → Imperial German Navy ⓘ