Reichsmarine

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military branch navy

The Reichsmarine was the navy of the Weimar Republic, serving as Germany’s maritime defense force between World War I and the rise of the Nazi regime.

Aliases (1)

provisional Reichsmarine ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military branch → navy →
allowedShipType	destroyers → light cruisers → minesweepers → torpedo boats →
commander	Erich Raeder → Hans Zenker NERFINISHED →
continuedUnder	early Nazi regime until 1935 →
country	Germany → Weimar Republic →
doctrine	coastal defense and limited sea control →
endTime	1935 →
establishedAs	provisional Reichsmarine →
flag	naval ensign of the Reichsmarine →
forbiddenToPossess	aircraft carriers → capital ships over 10000 tons → naval aviation → submarines →
garrison	Kiel Naval Base → Wilhelmshaven Naval Base →
headquartersLocation	Berlin →
historicalPeriod	interwar period →
languageOfOrganization	German →
legalBasis	Treaty of Versailles →
mainNavalBase	Kiel → Wilhelmshaven →
maximumPersonnelStrengthLimitedBy	15000 men under Treaty of Versailles →
maximumTonnageLimitedBy	100000 tons of warships under Treaty of Versailles →
mergedInto	Kriegsmarine in 1935 →
nameChange	from "Deutsche Marine" to "Reichsmarine" in 1921 →
notableShip	light cruiser Emden → pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee → pocket battleship Admiral Scheer → pocket battleship Deutschland →
operatedDuring	Weimar Republic era →
operatedIn	Baltic Sea → North Sea →
partOf	Reichswehr →
predecessor	Kaiserliche Marine →
role	coastal protection → maritime defense of Germany → training nucleus for future German navy →
serviceBranchOf	German Armed Forces (Reichswehr) →
startTime	1919 →
subjectTo	Versailles arms limitations →
successor	Kriegsmarine →
trainingShip	sailing ship Gorch Fock (1933) → sailing ship Niobe →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Erich Raeder → Günther Lütjens → Hans Langsdorff → Karl Dönitz →	militaryBranch
Deutschland class → German battleship Schleswig-Holstein →	operator
Reichswehr →	component
Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven →	constructedFor
Hans-Georg von Friedeburg →	employer
Reichsmarine ("provisional Reichsmarine") →	establishedAs
Imperial German Navy →	followedBy
German Navy →	hasHistoricalPredecessor
Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven →	namedAfter
Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven →	operatedBy
Kriegsmarine →	predecessor