SMS Moltke (1877)
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SMS Moltke was a Bismarck-class corvette built for the German Imperial Navy in the late 1870s. The ship was named after the Prussian Field Marshal Helmuth von Moltke the Elder. She was the fourth memb
Illustration of Moltke under sail, c. 1895
Moltke serving as a U-boat tender
An unidentified Bismarck-class corvette
SMS Moltke
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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 von Moltke. Commissioned on 30 September 1911, th
SMS Moltke (1877)
…school in Kiel. She was then converted into a barracks ship and renamed Acheron on 28 October 1911 so her name could be used for the battlecruiser Moltke that had just entered service. Acheron served in this capacity until 7 July 1920, when she was sold and thereafter broken up. Dodson, Aidan (2016). The…
Moltke visiting Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1912
Moltke in New York in 1912
US Navy officers coming aboard Moltke during the ship's visit to the United States in June 1912
Moltke (left) and an unidentified armored cruiser in German waters early in the war