The Naval Corps () was a corps-sized formation within the Imperial Navy of the

German Empire The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperia ...

during

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

. It was formed in November 1914 and was still in existence at the end of the war.

Chronicle

The Naval Corps was formed on 20 November 1914 to command the land-based forces of the

Imperial German Navy The Imperial German Navy or the ''Kaiserliche Marine'' (Imperial Navy) was the navy of the German Empire, which existed between 1871 and 1919. It grew out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy), which was mainly for ...

operating in

Flanders Flanders ( or ; ) is the Dutch language, Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium. However, there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, la ...

. It was continuously based on the extreme right wing of the German line on the Western Front, up against the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...

. It commanded the 1st Naval Division and 2nd Naval Division also including 3rd Naval Division throughout; one division held the land front, the other the sea front. It was still in existence at the end of the war in the 4th Army, '' Heeresgruppe Kronprinz Rupprecht'' on the Western Front, still holding the extreme right of the line. It had the following composition: * 1st Naval Division * 2nd Naval Division * two thirds 38th ''Landwehr'' Division * one third 3rd Division * 85th ''Landwehr'' Division

Order of battle

MarineKorps Flandern – Admiral Ludwig von Schröder 1. Strength at the end of 1918: 1st MarineDivision – 1st Marine-Brigade 1st Seabattalion 2nd Seabattalion 3rd Seabattalion – 2nd Marine-Pionier-Battlion – 1st Pioneer Kompanie – 2nd Matrosen-Artillerie-Regiment – 3rd Piooner Sturmtrupen Kompanie 2. Strength at the end of 1918: – 3rd Marine-Brigade – 1st Schwere Waffen Kompanie – 2nd Schwere Waffen Kompanie – 3rd Marine Regiment – 1st Marine-Feldartilleriebatterie – 4th Marine-Brigade – 2nd Marine-Feldartilleriebatterie – 4th Matrosen-Regiment –3rd Marine-Pionier-Kompanie 3. Strength at creation on July 1, 1917 3rd MarineDivision – Marine-Infanterie-Brigade – 9th Feldartillerie-Regiment – 1st Marine-Infanterie-Regiment – 115th Pioniere-Batallion – 2nd Marine-Infanterie-Regiment – 1st Reserve-Kompagnie, 24th Marinebattalion – 3rd Marine-Infanterie-Regiment – 3rd Eskadron – 160th Minenwerfer-Kompagnie – 7th Husaren-Regiment

Commanders

The Naval Corps was commanded throughout its existence by Admiral Ludwig von Schröder, brought out of retirement.

References

Bibliography

* *

Chronicle

Order of battle

Commanders

See also

References

Bibliography

Further reading