SMS Graudenz
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SMS Graudenz was the lead ship of her class of light cruisers. She had one sister ship, SMS Regensburg. The ship was built by the German Kaiserliche Marine in the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel, l
Postcard depicting a sketch of Graudenz's sister ship SMS Regensburg
High Seas Fleet
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The High Seas Fleet was the battle fleet of the Imperial German Navy and saw action during the First World War. In February 1907, the Home Fleet was renamed the High Seas Fleet. Admiral Alfred von Tir
SMS Graudenz
…ship was built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the Kaiserliche Werft shipyard in Kiel, laid down in 1912 and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in August 1914, days after the outbreak of World War I. She was named for the then-German town of Graudenz (now Grudziądz, Poland). The ship was armed…
Dreadnoughts of the High Seas Fleet
Alfred von Tirpitz
Admiral John Fisher
HMS Dreadnought underway, circa 1906–1907