From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts: The Development of the German Battleship, 1864-1918
From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts: The Development of the German Battleship, 1864-1918 In 1864, the Prussian Navy, core element of what was to become the Imperial German Navy in future, acquired its…
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From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts: The Development of the German Battleship, 1864-1918
In 1864, the Prussian Navy, core element of what was to become the Imperial German Navy in future, acquired its first ironclad vessels from Great Britain and France. Then, within the subsequent fifty years, from 1864 to 1914, the Navy would rise from a practical non-existence to a respectable force in various aspects, in some regards second to none. To that point, it had existed as a rather insignificant force for more or less 20 years, consisting mainly of a handful of gunboats, corvettes, and other small craft.
But this could not be accessed by technical knowledge alone - it required the strong will to achieve a pre-set goal. In this, she truly reflected the ascent of Germany as a technical power, since its unification in 1871. Until 1897, this determination was lacking on the naval and even more on the political side, aside the fulfillment of the initial 'fleet-inauguration-plan' by