Publisher's Synopsis
This is a bilingual book (in English and German) about the most important "named" ships and vessels within the German and the Austrian Navies from the Middle Ages to the present day. These navies include the fleets of the Hanseatic League Cities (of Hamburg, Lubeck and Wismar), the Austro-Venetian Navy (1369-1849), the Imperial Austrian Navy (1849-1867), the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Navy (1867-1918), the Navy of Brandenburg-Prussia (1657-1819), the Royal Prussian Navy (1819-1867), the "Reichsmarine" of the German Federation (1848-1852), the Federal Navy of the North German Federation (1867-1871), the Imperial German Navy (1871-1922), the "Reichsmarine" of the Weimar Republic (1922-1935), the "Kriegsmarine" of the Third Reich (1935-1945), the West German Minesweeping Service (1945-1956), the West German "Bundesmarine" (1956-1990), the East German "Volksmarine" (1956-1990) and the modern German "Deutsche Marine" (since 1990)."
