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    SMS Vulkan was a U-boat salvage tug in the Kaiserliche Marine laid down in 1907 and commissioned in 1908. The ship displaced 1595 tons and had a top speed...
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  • missile project SMS Vulcano, 1843 Austro-Hungarian Navy paddle steamer renamed Vulkan SMS Vulkan, a 1908 German U-boat salvage tug Vulkan-Hercules, a variant...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Seydlitz
    SMS Seydlitz was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), built in Hamburg. She was ordered in 1910 and commissioned in May 1913...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Grosser Kurfürst (1913)
    SMS Grosser Kurfürst was the second dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class. Grosser Kurfürst (or Großer Kurfürst) served in the Imperial...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Hindenburg
    SMS Hindenburg was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the third ship of the Derfflinger class, built to a slightly modified...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Derfflinger
    SMS Derfflinger was a battlecruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) built in the early 1910s during the Anglo-German naval arms race...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS König
    SMS König was the first of four König-class dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. König (English:...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Moltke
    SMS Moltke was the lead ship of the Moltke-class battlecruisers of the German Imperial Navy, named after the 19th-century German Field Marshal Helmuth...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Bayern
    SMS Bayern was the lead ship of the Bayern class of dreadnought battleships in the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy). The vessel was launched...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Baden
    SMS Baden was a Bayern-class dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy built during World War I. Launched in October 1915 and completed in March...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Prinzregent Luitpold
    SMS Prinzregent Luitpold was the fifth and final vessel of the Kaiser class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Prinzregent Luitpold's...
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  • Thumbnail for Catamaran
    Century several catamarans were built as submarine salvage ships: SMS Vulkan and SMS Cyclop of Germany, Kommuna of Russia, and Kanguro of Spain, all designed...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Von der Tann
    SMS Von der Tann was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), as well as Germany's first major turbine-powered...
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    battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim (the ex-German SMS Goeben) and the light cruiser Midilli (the ex-German SMS Breslau) on their return voyage to Sevastopol...
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    and was developed by order of the Naval General Staff. The German ship SMS Vulkan (1907) was used as the model. The contract to build the ship was won by...
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    unclosed ventilation shaft valve. Its entire 30-man crew was rescued by SMS Vulkan via torpedo tube. Amongst the saved crew was Otto Weddigen, the later...
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  • his first naval infantry training course with the sea cadet detachment on SMS Victoria Louise on 7 April 1910. Onboard training on Victory Louise began...
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    SMS Bremse, SMS Brummer, SMS Cöln, SMS Dresden, SMS Derfflinger, SMS Emden, SMS Friedrich der Grosse, SMS G38, SMS G39, SMS G40, SMS Hindenburg, SMS Grosser...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Kaiser (1911)
    SMS Kaiser was the lead ship of the Kaiser class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Kaiser was built by the Imperial Dockyard at...
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    18 Feb: Mirabeau 20 Feb: UC-71 22 Feb: U-21 7 Mar: HNoMS Thor 6 Apr: SMS Vulkan 15 Apr: U-118 17 Apr: USS Freehold 26 April: Narval, Kit, Kashalot 27...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Kronprinz
    SMS Kronprinz was the last dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class of the German Imperial Navy. The battleship was laid down in November 1911...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Markgraf
    SMS Markgraf was the third dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class. She served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. The battleship...
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  • Thumbnail for Max Valentiner
    Kiel. In 1911, Valentiner became an officer on the U-boat salvage ship SMS Vulkan. In this job, on 17 January 1911, he saved all 30 men of U-3 by getting...
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    18 Feb: Mirabeau 20 Feb: UC-71 22 Feb: U-21 7 Mar: HNoMS Thor 6 Apr: SMS Vulkan 15 Apr: U-118 17 Apr: USS Freehold 26 April: Narval, Kit, Kashalot 27...
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    herself. Mines laid by Oleg are credited with sinking the German light cruiser SMS Augsburg off Bornholm. On 2 July 1915, Oleg participated in the Battle of...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Emden (1916)
    SMS Emden ("His Majesty's Ship Emden") was a German light cruiser belonging to the Königsberg class, built during the First World War. Emden served in...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Kaiserin
    SMS Kaiserin was the third vessel of the Kaiser class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. Kaiserin's keel was laid in November 1910...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Vulcano
    SMS Vulcano (subsequently renamed to German Vulkan, also Vulcan) was a paddle steamer built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in Venice and launched in 1843...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS König Albert
    SMS König Albert was the fourth vessel of the Kaiser class of dreadnought battleships of the Imperial German Navy. König Albert's keel was laid on 17...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911)
    SMS Friedrich der Grosse was the second vessel of the Kaiser class of dreadnought battleships of the German Imperial Navy. Friedrich der Grosse's keel...
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