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Seiner Majestät Schiff
"Seiner Majestät Schiff" translates (roughly) as "Its Majesty Ship." ¿Is there a way to include this in the page? 71.34.68.186 (talk) 17:00, 22 April 2009 (UTC) A. REDDSON
Photo
here. Parsecboy (talk) 17:29, 7 January 2016 (UTC)
1902 maneuvers
On 31 August 1902, the annual fleet maneuvers began. The first portion of the exercise positioned Germany in a naval war against a powerful enemy that had superior forces in the North and Baltic Seas. A German squadron, consisting of the
On the morning of 2 September, the operation commenced.[1] At 06:00 that morning, the commander of the "German" squadron decided to take his ships through the channel to which Brandenburg was assigned.[2] The "hostile" torpedo-boat screen sighted the German flotilla, but a dense fog precluded effective pursuit by the battleships. The fog was so thick that Brandenburg and her two sisters had to drop anchor to avoid any unnecessary risks.[3] Later that evening, the three "opponent" forces rendezvoused to pursue the "German" ships. However, the cruiser and the torpedo boat screen was detached to engage the "German" torpedo-boat screen. The lighter ships quickly "destroyed" several of the "German" torpedo boats. This prompted the "German" squadron to retreat northward with the cruisers in pursuit. The German squadron was chased back through the Kattegat before the exercise was called off. On the night of 3 September, the entire fleet anchored off Læsø island to give the crews a rest.[4]
The following day, 4 September, the exercise resumed. The German squadron was reinforced by several battleships and the
The fleet anchored off Helgoland on 8–11 September. During the day the ships conducted training with steam tactics. On 11 September the ships returned to Wilhelmshaven where on the following two days the ships replenished their coal supplies. On 14 September the final operation of the annual maneuvers began. The situation specified that the naval war had gone badly for Germany; only four battleships, including Brandenburg,
refs
- ^ a b R.U.S.I. Journal, p. 91.
- ^ R.U.S.I. Journal, p. 92.
- ^ R.U.S.I. Journal, pp. 92–93.
- ^ a b R.U.S.I. Journal, p. 93.
- ^ R.U.S.I. Journal, p. 94.
- ^ R.U.S.I. Journal, pp. 94–95.
- ^ R.U.S.I. Journal, p. 95.
- ^ R.U.S.I. Journal, pp. 95–96.
- ^ R.U.S.I. Journal, p. 96.
- "German Naval Manoeuvres". R.U.S.I. Journal. 47. London: Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies: 90–97. 1903.
Barracks ship
Should this be linked in the Lead is would that be overlinking? I was going to link it but with it being such a highly rated article I didn't want to interfere.Pennsy22 (talk) 05:08, 22 September 2017 (UTC)
- Yeah, I think so - I also added a link to ]