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Wespe-class Gunboat
The ''Wespe''-class gunboats were a class of eleven armored gunboats built for the German (Imperial Navy) in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The class comprised , , , , , , , , , , and . Intended for use as part of Germany's coastal defense plan, the ''Wespe''s were armed with a 30.5 cm MRK L/22, MRK L/22 gun, which was very large for vessels of their size. They were to support the larger s in the event of war, and were to have operated in shallow coastal waters where larger and more powerful opponents could not pursue them. The eleven ships saw relatively little active service over the course of their careers in the German fleet. Typically, they were ship commissioning, commissioned for brief training exercises through the 1880s and 1890s, and they operated along Germany's North Sea and Baltic Sea coastlines during this period. Between 1909 and 1911, all eleven ships were struck from the naval register and used in other roles, from barges to floating workshops, and in the case ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiel
Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Bay of Kiel and lies in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula, on the mouth of the Schwentine River, approximately northeast of Hamburg. The world's busiest artificial waterway, the Kiel Canal, has a terminus in Kiel's Holtenau district. This canal connects the Baltic to the North Sea, with its other end in Brunsbüttel. Most of Kiel is part of Holstein. The boroughs north of the Schwentine also belong to Wagria, while those north of the Kiel Canal are historically part of Southern Schleswig. Kiel is one of Germany's major maritime centres, known for a variety of international sailing events, including the annual Kiel Week, which is the biggest sailing event in the world. Kiel is also known for the Kiel mutiny, Kiel Mutiny, when sailors re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
