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Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Kaiserliche Werft Danzig was a German shipbuilding company founded in 1852 as ''Königliche Werft Danzig'' and renamed ''Kaiserliche Werft'' after the proclamation of the German Empire in 1871. Together with Kaiserliche Werft Kiel and Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven it was one of three shipyards responsible for maintenance, repair and construction of warships for the Imperial German Navy. ''Kaiserliche Werft Danzig'' closed in 1918 after the end of World War I, but soon opened when Danziger Werft was founded on its site in 1919. History The history of the Danzig shipyard started 1844 when some area on both sides of the river Tote Weichsel at Danzig became property of the Royal Prussian Government. Named ''Marinedepot'' (1849–54) it was first only used as a depot and anchoring space for the few Prussian warships at the time. At the end of 1853 it became ''Königliche Werft Danzig'' (1854 – 1871), and was subsequently named ''Kaiserliche Werft Danzig'' (1871 – 1918) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous member state of the European Union. Warsaw is the nation's capital and largest metropolis. Other major cities include Kraków, Wrocław, Łódź, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin. Poland has a temperate transitional climate and its territory traverses the Central European Plain, extending from Baltic Sea in the north to Sudeten and Carpathian Mountains in the south. The longest Polish river is the Vistula, and Poland's highest point is Mount Rysy, situated in the Tatra mountain range of the Carpathians. The country is bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the south, and Germany to the west. It also shares maritime boundaries with Denmark and Sweden. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-19 (Germany)
SM ''U-19'' was a German Type U-19 U-boat built for the Imperial German Navy. Her construction was ordered on 25 November 1910, and her keel was laid down on 20 October 1911, at the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig. She was launched on 10 October 1912, and commissioned into the Imperial German Navy on 6 July 1913. Service From 1 August 1914, to 15 March 1916, ''U-19'' was commanded by Constantin Kolbe. During this period she had the unfortunate distinction of becoming the first U-boat casualty of World War I when she was rammed by on 24 October 1914. Her hull was badly damaged, but she survived and was repaired. On 22 January 1915 the '' Durward'' was near the Maas lightship when they saw ''U-19'' on the surface. They tried to escape, but as they could only manage 12 knots they were unable to do so. The mate of ''Durward'', who was later interviewed by the ''Daily Mail'' special correspondent in Rotterdam related how the second officer, who spoke excellent English, had ordered them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-18 (Germany)
SM ''U-18'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. ''U-18'' engaged in the commerce warfare in the First Battle of the Atlantic. Service history Beginning in October 1914, she was commanded by ''Kaptlt''. von Hennig. On her third mission, on 23 November ''U-18'' penetrated the fleet anchorage of Scapa Flow via Hoxa Sound, following a steamer through the boom and entering the anchorage with little difficulty. However, the fleet was absent, being dispersed in anchorages on the west coast of Scotland and Ireland. As ''U-18'' was making her way back out through Hoxa Sound to the open sea, her periscope was spotted by a guard boat. The trawler ''Dorothy Gray'' altered course and rammed the periscope, rendering it unserviceable. ''U-18'' then suffered a failure of her diving plane motor and the boat became unable to maintain her d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-17 (Germany)
SM ''U-17'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was a German submarine during World War I. ''U-17'' sank the first British merchant vessel in the First World War, and also sank another ten ships, damaged one ship and captured two ships, surviving the war without casualty. War service On , ''Oberleutnant zur See'' Johannes Feldkirchener was given command of ''U-17''. On 20 October, ''U-17'' stopped the 866 ton off the Norwegian coast, and having searched her cargo, ordered the crew to the lifeboats before scuttling the vessel. On 26 October, ''U-17'' torpedoed the French ferry † in the Strait of Dover. The vessel made port before sinking, with the loss of 40 lives out of over 2,500 on board. † - www.uboat.net credits the damage to the French steamer ''Amiral Ganteaume'' to . On 2 March 1915 the command of ''U-17'' passed to Kapitänleutnant Hans Walther. On 12 June 1915, ''U-17'' chased and tor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-15 (Germany)
SM ''U-15'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of the three Type U 13 gasoline-powered U-boats produced by the German Empire for the Imperial German Navy. On 9 August 1914, ''U-15'' became the first U-boat loss to an enemy warship after it was rammed by British light cruiser . Constructed by Kaiserliche Werft Danzig, ''U-15'' was ordered on 23 February 1909 and was commissioned three years later on 7 July 1912. The boat left port for its first patrol on 1 August 1914, but on 9 August, ''U-15'' was forced to lie stopped on the surface off the coast of Fair Isle, in Shetland Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands and formerly Zetland, is a subarctic archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the n ..., Scotland, after its engines had failed. While stranded on the surface, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-14 (Germany)
SM ''U-14'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. Service history ''U-14'' was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic. ''U-14'' was damaged by an air raid on the German-occupied port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, on the night of 12 February 1915.Karau 2014, p. 27. Fate On 5 June 1915, ''U-14'' approached the trawler ''Oceanic II'' off Peterhead, firing a couple of warning shots, but ''Oceanic II'' was armed and was acting as a decoy A decoy (derived from the Dutch ''de'' ''kooi'', literally "the cage" or possibly ''ende kooi'', " duck cage") is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lu ... and returned fire, being joined by the armed trawler ''Hawk''. ''U-14'' was hit several times, and, unable to es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-13
SM ''U-13'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. ''U-13'' was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atla .... She had left Heligoland on 6 August 1914 and was not heard from again. She may have been a victim of the German defensive minefield in Heligoland Bight, or from an accident or mechanical failure. References Notes Citations Bibliography * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:U0013 World War I submarines of Germany Type U 13 submarines 1910 ships Ships built in Danzig U-boats commissioned in 1912 U-boats sunk in 1914 U-boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-12 (Germany)
SM ''U-12'' was a German submarine, built in 1911 and sunk off Scotland in 1915. It was the first submarine to launch a plane at sea. ''U-12'' was a Type U 9 U-boat built for the Imperial German Navy. Her construction was ordered on 15 July 1908 and her keel was laid down by Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig. She was launched on 6 May 1910 and commissioned on 13 August 1911. The German Empire was the first nation to experiment with submarine aircraft carriers. Oberleutnant zur See Friedrich von Arnauld de la Perière of the Naval Air Service and ''U-12s Kapitanleutnant Walther Forstmann theorised that they could increase the range of their seaplanes by carrying the aircraft out to sea on the deck of submarine and launching the seaplanes after the sub partially submerged, allowing the plane to float off. Service history On 15 January 1915 ''U-12'' left Zeebrugge transporting a Friedrichshafen FF.29 seaplane on its deck. Once beyond the safety of the breakwater, the captain real ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-11 (Germany)
SM ''U-11'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. ''U-11'' was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atla .... References Notes Citations Bibliography * * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:U0011 World War I submarines of Germany Type U 9 submarines 1910 ships Ships built in Danzig U-boats commissioned in 1910 Maritime incidents in December 1914 U-boats sunk in 1914 U-boats sunk by mines World War I shipwrecks in the English Channel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-10 (Germany)
SM ''U-10'') and combined with the ''U'' for ''Unterseeboot'' would be translated as ''His Majesty's Submarine''., group=Note was one of the 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy in World War I. Service history ''U-10'' was engaged in the naval warfare and took part in the First Battle of the Atlantic The Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I (sometimes called the "First Battle of the Atlantic", in reference to the World War II campaign of that name) was the prolonged naval conflict between German submarines and the Allied navies in Atla .... Fate She sank on 30 June 1916, after probably striking a mine in the Gulf of Finland. All 29 crew were killed. Summary of raiding history References Notes Citations Bibliography * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:U0010 World War I submarines of Germany Type U 9 submarines U-boats commissioned in 1911 1911 ships Ships built in Danzig Maritime incidents in 1916 U-boats sunk in 1916 U-boats sunk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SM U-9
SM ''U-9'' was a German Type U 9 U-boat. She was one of 329 submarines serving in the Imperial German Navy, and engaged in commerce raiding (''Handelskrieg'') during World War I. Construction Her construction was ordered on 15 July 1908 and her keel was laid down by Kaiserliche Werft in Danzig. She was launched on 22 February 1910 and commissioned on 18 April 1910. Design ''U-9'' had an overall length of , her pressure hull was long. The boat's beam was (o/a), while the pressure hull measured . She had a draught of with a total height of . The boat displaced when surfaced and when submerged. ''U-9'' was fitted with two Körting 8-cylinder plus two Körting 6-cylinder two-stroke petrol engines with a total of for use on the surface and two Siemens-Schuckert double-acting electric motors plus two electric motors with a total of for underwater use. These engines powered two shafts, each with a propeller, which gave the boat a top surface speed of , and when su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
