Kyler's Kaiserliche Marine BlogPost #7: 1st Battle SquadronThe 1st Battle Squardorn would operate the High Seas Fleet first & second generation of dreadnoughts. The SMS Westfalen (Nassau Class) would be…
Kyler's Kaiserliche Marine BlogPost #5 - The Only German Dreadnought Visit to the USAAfter a Baltic Sea visit from the US Navy's Second Battleship Division in 1911, Kaiser Wilhelm made…
Kyler's Kaiserliche Marine BlogPost #4: Admiral Maximilian von SpeeAdmiral Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee was born on June 22nd, 1861 in Denmark. He would spend his youth in…
Kyler's Kaiserliche Marine BlogPost #3: SMS Von der TannLength: 171.8 metersBeam: 26.6mDraught: 8.13 mDisplacement: Designed - 19,370 tonnes / Full Load - 21,300Armament: 8 28cm L/45 SK Guns Twin Turrets,…
Kyler’s Kaiserliche Marine BlogPost #2: Weapon - 15cm/45 GunThe venerable Krupp 15cm/45 guns were the principal main or secondary armament of most of the Kaiserliche Marine dreadnoughts, battlecruisers, light cruisers,…
Kyler’s Kaiserliche Marine Blog Post #1: Anatomy of a Shell StrikeThe Battlecruiser Seydlitz would receive an astonishing amount of damage during the Skagerrak Battle. During the fight, it would be…
PEEBLES PROFILESEPISODE XII: Walther SchwiegerWalther Schwieger was born in Berlin on April 7, 1885. Not quite eighteen, he joined the Imperial German Navy as a Seekadett on April 1, 1903.…