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The Brandenburg - Class Battleships 1890-1918 (Paperback)
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The Brandenburg - Class Battleships 1890-1918 (Paperback)
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The Brandenburg class battleships were the first blue water
warships of the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy), in the
end of 19th century, and can be categorized as the first German
pre-dreadnought ships. Imperial German Navy was founded in 1871
under the auspices of Kaiser Wilhem I. The German Navy was created
around the small Prussian Navy. Initially the Germans ordered
several obsolete ironclads. However, the new German Navy was only
capable for coastal defense operations and could not be considered
as an instrument for the WeltPolitik and for the projection of
German power worldwide. In 1888 the most modern ships of the German
fleet were the six Siegfried class (3.400 tons) and two Odin class
coastal defense ships. The new Kaiser Wilhem II the architect of
the German Naval expansion, decided to challenge England's hegemony
in the seas. As first step he established in 1888 the Imperial
Naval Office (Reichmarineamt) a governmental agency monitoring the
design, development and financing of the new fleet units. Under the
leadership of Vice-Admiral Alexander von Monts, the Imperial Naval
Office started to implement the naval visions of Kaiser Wilhem II.
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