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Both ships were completed with a modernized post WW II design and commissioned into Dutch service in 1953. KB Dalmacija was a WW1 Imperial Germany light cruiser (SMS Niobe), sold to Yugoslavia in 1925 (KB Dalmacija), captured by Italy in 1941 (RN Cattaro), then by Germany following the Italian Armistice in 1943 and renamed Niobe. She was sunk ...
The Kriegsmarine (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁiːksmaˌʁiːnə], lit. ' War Navy ') was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It superseded the Imperial German Navy of the German Empire (1871–1918) and the inter-war Reichsmarine (1919–1935) of the Weimar Republic.
The list of naval ships of Germany includes all naval ships which have been in service of the German Navy or its predecessors. Other lists include: List of ships of the Imperial German Navy; List of Kriegsmarine ships; List of German Federal Navy ships; List of German Navy ships; List of German Navy ship classes; List of U-boats of Germany
The ships were, in actuality, some 15,000 long tons (15,000 t) heavier at full load. [84] The ships were built to counter new French battleships then under construction. [85] Both ships saw combat during World War II. Bismarck was deployed in May 1941 to raid British shipping in the Atlantic Ocean along with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. [86]
This category is for naval ships designed, built, or operated by Germany during World War II (1939–1945). Subcategories This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
This category is for naval ships captured by Nazi Germany during the Second World War and commissioned into the Kriegsmarine. Subcategories This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.
The H class was a series of battleship designs for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, which were intended to fulfill the requirements of Plan Z in the late 1930s and early 1940s. . The first variation, "H-39", called for six ships to be built, essentially as enlarged Bismarck-class battleships with 40.6 cm (16 in) guns and diesel propulsi
On 1 November 1940 Donau accidentally rammed the German training ship Bremse in the roadstead off Frederikshavn. Framnæs Mekaniske Værksted in Sandefjord, Norway, repaired her between 4 and 14 November. [2] On 6 June 1941 Donau and four other merchant ships left Stettin in a convoy to Finland. They formed the second squadron of Operation ...