Contains among other things: Memorandum of the Landeskundliche Kommission des Kolonialrates on a uniform exploration of the German protectorates by means of regional studies Memorandum on the causes of the uprising in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a 1905 The foreign trade of the protectorate D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a in the calendar year 1905 Decision of the Board of the D e u t s c h e K o l o n i a l g e s c h a f t a f r i k a concerning the Schutztruppe in South West Africa

Contains among other things: Former Vice Sergeant Georg Rehbein of the Marine Pioneer Company in Kiautschou applies for reimbursement of passage costs from Japan-Java

History of the inventor: In 1898, a governor subordinated to the R e i c h s m a r i n e a m t was appointed for the protection work in China that was taken into possession in 1897. He was head of the entire military and civil administration as well as commander of the land forces stationed there. Description: The Kiautschou area, with its capital Tsingtau, was leased from China in 1898 for 99 years. A governor subordinated to the Reichsmarineamt was appointed for the protectorate taken into possession. He was head of the entire military and civil administration as well as commander of the land forces stationed there. The governor was always a naval officer, the military crew consisted of the III. sea battalion and the sailor artillery department Kiautschou. At the end of an ultimatum granted by Japan in August 1914, the Tsingtau fortress capitulated under its governor to the military superiority of its opponent. From 1914 to 1922 Japan occupied Kiautschou and then handed it over to China. In 1923 the German Reich waived its rights. Characterisation of content: Only fragments of files on the mobilization, siege and fall of the Tsingtau fortress have survived, mainly war diaries, reports and newspaper articles. State of development: Invenio Scope, Explanation: Existing stock without increase 2.7 m 66 AE Citation method: BArch, RM 16/...

Contains among other things: Parliament paper: final report of the forestry subcommittee of the reconstruction committee, 1918 report of the Ministry of Trade on coal supply. Druck, 1918 Wirtschaftsdienst, edited by the Central Office of the Hamburg Colonial Institute, No. 23. Druck, 7.6.1918

Contains: Budget Department of the R e i c h s m a r i n e a m t concerning the possibility of a fleet amendment, May 1905 Records of the immediate lecture of 11 Feb. 1905 on the statement in the Budget Commission Second consultation of the navy budget in the Reichstag on 25 Feb. 1905. 1905 (print) Third draft of the novella (print) with statement of the General Marine Department of the Reichsmarineamts/August of Heeringen, July 1905 Notes to the Immediatvortrag in Rominten on 4 Oct. 1905 and submission of the administrative department of the Reichsmarineamts/Eduard von Capelle of 26 Sept. 1905 Draft of the novella (print), as of Sept. 1905 Tirpitz to Bernhard Fürst von Bülow betr. Marinvorlage 1906 und Deutschen Flottenverein, 8. Nov. 1905 Correspondence with Prince Heinrich von Preußen, Nov. - Dec. 1915 Throne speech of Emperor Wilhelm II from 28. Nov 1905 (print) Reichstag speech of Tirpitz on the naval template (revised version), Dec. 1905 Marinvorlage (print), Nov. 1905 Leaflets of the German Fleet Association, 1905 - 1906 Shortening the lifespan of liner ships Manuscripts and notes for speeches in the Reichstag Negotiations of the Budget Commission on Kiautschou and the Navy (print), Feb. - March 1906 Karl von Sauer, March 1906 Felix von Bendemann, 17 March 1906 Karl Hollweg, 17 March 1906

Contains among other things: Correspondence with Grand Duchess Luise of Baden, Dec. 1907 - Apr. 1908 Telegram exchange with Emperor Wilhelm II. about the acceptance of the naval bill, 1908 Immediatvortrag to the organization of the admiral staff, Dec. 1907 Ludwig Borckenhagen to questions of the education system of the navy, Feb. 1907. 1908 draft of a speech on Kiautschou, March 1908 correspondence with Prince Heinrich of Prussia, May - Sept. 1908 correspondence with Georg Alexander von Müller, March - July 1908 speech by Tirpitz in Kiel on the occasion of an information trip by members of the Reichstag to naval facilities, 1908, see also nos. 23 and 414 Training of Crown Prince Wilhelm in the Navy: among others, memorandum of the Crown Prince about "The Development of our Navy and the Main Types of Warships" with notes by Tirpitz and reciprocal letters of thanks, 1908 - 1909 correspondence with Henning von Holtzendorff, July - Nov. 1909 letter to Gustav Bachmann, Sept. 1909 Tirpitz to Guido to Usedom, Dec. 1909 records of radio systems, 1910 records of table money, o.Dat. Comparison between German and English navy budget, around 1909

Contains among other things: Memorandum on the development of the navy by Eduard von Capelle, May 1916 Amnesty proposals by Bernhard Fürst von Bülow and the Prussian State Ministry on the occasion of the birth of the emperor's grandson Wilhelm with remarks by Kaiser Wilhelm II, July - Aug. 1906 Immediatvortrag betr. Große Kreuzer, 28. Sept. 1906 Correspondence with Prince Heinrich von Preußen, 1906 - 19007 Memorandum from Tirpitz on the further development of the naval engineering corps, Dec. 1906 Correspondence with Ludwig Borckenhagen on the inspection of naval education, Jan. 1907 Correspondence with Bernhard Fürst von Bülow in particular on the naval bill 1908 and on changes in the Prussian Ministry of State, Feb. - Aug. 1907 Records of the fleet submission 1908 and of the three-speed, March 1907 Input of the workers of the imperial naval enterprises concerning tariffs and vacation, Apr. 1907 Correspondence with Wilhelm Büchsel about the education system of the navy, Apr. 1907 Envoy Oskar Stübel about tensions between colonial officials and missionaries in Togo (print), 1907 Memorandum about ships of lines 1908, Feb. - May 1907 Telegrams of Kaiser Wilhelm II on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Tirpitz as State Secretary, June 1907 Statement on the North Sea and Baltic Sea Agreements, July 1907 Harald Dähnhardt on a conversation with Ernst Müller(-Meiningen) on the naval submissions 1908 together with Eduard Capelle's statement, July - Aug. 1907 Rudolf Siegel on the Second Hague Peace Conference, July 1907 Reinhard Scheer on Tirpitz, Aug. - Sept. 1907 Correspondence with Georg Alexander von Müller, in particular on the naval draft 1908, July - Dec. 1907 Correspondence with Wilhelm von Lans, July 1907 Press comments on the tenth anniversary of his office as State Secretary, June 1907 Arthur von Gwinner, Director of the Deutsche Bank, to Bernhard Fürst von Bülow concerning Reichsbank (printed), Dec. 1907 Note on Bernhard Fürst von Bülow and Metternich Instruction, Nov. 1912

Contains: August von Heeringen, May 1910 Gustav Bachmann, May 1910 and March 1911 Grand Duchess of Baden for the naming of the liner "Nassau", June 1910 press article about rumours of a resignation of Tirpitz, July 1910 correspondence with Duke Jaohann Albrecht of Mecklenburg about Tsingatu, July - Aug. 1910 correspondence with Eduard von Capelle, July 1910 correspondence with the Chief of the Admiral Staff of the Navy, Max von Fischel, Aug. 1910, bem. 1910, rem. Memorandum of Fischel not enclosed Wilhelm von Lans on torpedoes, Aug. - Sept. 1910, March 1911 Sale of ship to Turkey. Correspondence especially with Emperor Wilhelm II, Georg Alexander von Müller, Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg and the State Secretary of the Reich Treasury, Adolf Wermuth, July - Sept. 1910 Correspondence with Rudolph Rittmeyer about his naval war history, Sept. 1910 Hunold von Ahlefeld, July - Nov. 1910 Hubert von Reuber-Paschwitz, July 1910 Reichsmarineamt: Minutes of meetings of liner ships and large cruisers 1911, Aug. 1911, Aug. 1910 Hunold von Ahlefeld, July - Nov. 1910 Hubert von Reuber-Paschwitz, July 1910 Reichsmarineamt: Minutes of meetings of the ships and large cruisers 1911, Aug. 1910, Aug. 1910, Aug. 1910 - Oct. 1910 Telegram change with Grand Duke Friedrich II: and Grand Duchess Luise of Baden, Sept. and Dec. 1910 Telegram from Crown Princess Cecilie of 14 Jan. 1914, cf. No. 182 Eduard von Capelle zum deutsch-Eglischen Flottenagrement, Sept. 1910 Philipp A. Mumm von Schwarzenstein concerning the death of the chief of the Kreuzergeschwader, Erich Gühler, 22. Jan. 1911 telegram of thanks to Emperor Wilhelm II. on the occasion of the wedding of Ilse von Tirpitz, Jan. 1911 congratulations of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg on his 62. birthday, 19. birthday, 22. January 1911 March 1911 Negotiations on German-English naval technical exchange of information: Memoranda and Positions of Tirpitz, Feb. - June 1911 Wilhelm Höpfner concerning Alfred Meyer-Waldeck as Governor of Kiatschou, 7 Apr. 1911 Reichstag Speech of Tirpitz concerning the German-English naval technical exchange of information, Feb. - June 1911 Wilhelm Höpfner concerning Alfred Meyer-Waldeck as Governor of Kiatschou, 7 Apr. 1911 Reichstag Speech of Tirpitz concerning the German-English naval technical exchange of information, Feb. Fleet Laws and Navy Budget 1899 - 1908 (excerpts) Statements of German and English Government Representatives on Fleet Construction, Dec. 1908 - March 1911 Fleet Construction Plan 1912 - 1917 Correspondence with the State Secretary of the Reich Treasury, Adolf Wermuth, on the subject of the German Navy's Navy's budget. Resolution of the German Fleet Association on fleet construction, June 1911 Eduard von Capelle on negotiations on a new Reichsmarineamt building, June 1911 Correspondence with Georg Alexander von Müller, particularly on job matters, July 1911 Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin, July 1911 Command Relationships of the Naval Forces in War: Immediatbericht sowie Schreiben des Chefs des Admiralstabs der Marine und des Marinekabinetts, Juni - Sept. 1911 Harald Dähnhardt concerning appointments in the Reichsmarineamt, 13. June 1911 Correspondence with the chief of the Admiralstabs der Marine, August von Heeringen, Juni - Aug. 1911 Thoughts about the development of fleet tactics Efforts for a German-English fleet agreement (excerpts from files), Jan. 1907 - June 1911

Contains: Reorganization of the inspection of the torpedo system, transcript by Erich Edgar Schulze for a meeting in the Reichsmarineamts on 29 Oct. 1913 Tirpitz to Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin concerning naval airship "L2", 10 Nov. 1913 Greek buying interest in a German armoured ship, Oct. 1913 - Jan. 1914 Type development of the Great Cruiser, transcript by Erich Edgar Schulze for a meeting in the Reichsmarineat on Nov. 6, 1913 Location of a colonial court, Dec. 1913 1913 Reichstag speech on budget for Kiautschou, 1914 materials for the Reichstag negotiations on the navy budget, including graphic representations on the personnel and material development of the navy, 1914 Georg Alexander von Müller in particular on the navy budget, March - May 1914 press commentaries on the 65th anniversary of the Reichstag, 1914 Birthday of Tirpitz, March 1914 Prince Heinrich of Prussia on the English Navy and German-English Relations, September 1, 1911 Letter to Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg and the State Secretary of the Reich Treasury, Hermann kühn, concerning Navy Budget 1915, May 22, 1914

contains among other things: Material for the meetings of the Prisengerichtsausschuss on 26 and 27 January 1939

contains among other things: List of naval officers active in the wars in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a; reports on auxiliary warships; reports on military events in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a; report on the Imperial Protection Force of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a from 1915-1917; Fourth and eighth communication on "The War in the German Protectorates".

Contains: Table of contents of the catalogue of the naval exhibition 1900 with technical data to individual ships, memorandum concerning the development of the Kiautschou area.

Contains among other things: Military political report about the stay of S.M.S. "Cormoran" in Samoa and Honolulu from Oct. 1902 Reports about the condition in the port of Apia

Description: Medium and heavy combat ships in the German navy were corvettes, frigates, coastal armoured ships, small (light) cruisers and large (heavy) cruisers, armoured cruisers (battle cruisers), armoured ships and liners (battleships). The stock is intended for splitting. The documents of the heavy and medium battleships of the Reichsmarine and Kriegsmarine will form the new RM 134 stock. RM 92 will then only comprise the documents of the heavy and medium combat ships of the Prussian and Imperial Navies. Characterisation of content: The Bundesarchiv-M Militärarchiv keeps extensive stocks of logbooks, war diaries and some files of the corresponding ships. The logbooks and war diaries from the time of the Imperial Navy are almost completely preserved until the end of 1918. For the Kriegsmarine some logbooks and war diaries of the ships, as well as files of technical content, battle reports and route maps are handed down. War diaries and other documents of the battleships "Bismarck, "Tirpitz", "Gneisenau" and "Scharnhorst", the armoured ships "Deutschland" (from 1940 "Lützow"), "Admiral Scheer" and "Admiral Graf Spee" as well as the heavy cruisers "Admiral Hipper", "Blücher" and "Prinz Eugen" are to be emphasized. State of development: Online-Findbuch Scope, Explanation: 4523 Citation method: BArch, RM 92/...

Contains: 5. seamanly and 6. Naval technical college; naval intelligence, nautical and submarine services groups; colonial affairs task force; training department; German Armistice Commission - Navy; naval department; naval science department; naval air force teaching staff; naval inspection inspector; naval attachés; naval budget department; naval command office; Naval motor company at the High Command of the Navy; Naval Medical Office; Naval Organization Department; Naval Personnel Office; Naval Legal Department; Naval NCO Pre-Schools; Naval Wehrmacht Office; Naval Central Print Administration; Commander-in-Chief of the Navy and Staff of the High Command of the Navy; Oberprisenhof; Prisenhof Berlin; Reichskommissar beim Oberprisenhof; Seeberufsfachschule Wolgast; Naval War Management; Wehrmacht Lead Staff

Contains among other things: Data from the travels of Prince Heinrich (1878-1898), o. Dat. From the diary of a Schleswig-Holstein volunteer, Sept. 1848 Memorial Days of the Imperial Navy, o. Dat. Magazine for the colonial monthly sheets (print), July 1913

Contains: 1. commemorative plaque Count von Linden; 2. Prof. Dr. Augustin Krämer in naval uniform; 3. Prof. Dr. Augustin Krämer in civilian clothes on Samoa, 1899; 4. Duke Wilhelm von Urach in uniform; 5. postcard with pencil drawing of Duke Wilhelm von Urach, made by Lt. Nopper; 6. view into the East Asia department of the museum; 7. arrangement with carved ivory teeth, human and animal figures

Contains: Lübbe, Axel, writer, German poet, 1925 Lübbe, Carl, skipper of the German merchant navy, 1938 Lübben, Regierungsrat, 1930 Lübbert, Dr. Erich, general director of the AG für Verkehrswesen, 1933 Lübbring, Josef, police president of Dortmund, 1927 Lübkes, Dr. Fritz, Managing Director of Wirtschaftsgruffe Kreditgenossenschaften Berlin, 1935 - 1936 Lueck, Gustav, Privy Councillor, Member of the Board of Management of Vereinigte Aluminiumwerke AG, 1937 Lück, Dr. Kurt, Posener Vorkämpfer, researcher, publicist, 1939 Lückerath, Director of Provinzial Erziehungsheim Euskirchen, Sanitätsrat, 1937 Lüddeke, Theodor, author, 1935 Lüdecke, SA-Oberführer, 1937 Lüdecke, German, English, French, Italian, Italian, Italian, Italian, Italian, Italian, Italian, Italian, Spanish, Italian, Italian, Italian, Spanish, Italian, Italian, Spanish, Italian, Italian, Spanish, Italian, Spanish, Italian, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Italian, Italian, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, Spanish, German Private scholar, 1935 Lückmann, Hermann, Prussian politician, social democrat, 1936 Lüderitz, Adolf, German colonial pioneer, 1941 Lüders, Else, senior government councillor in the Reichsarbeitsministerium, 1932 Lüders, Prof. Heinrich, scientist, 1934 Lüders, Dr. Marie Elisabeth, German educator, 1938 Lüdtke, Franz, poet, historian, president of the Reichs Labor Ministry, 1938 Lüdtke, Franz, poet, historian, president of the Reichs Labor Ministry, 1934 Lüders, 1938 Lüderitz, 1936 Lüderitz, Adolf, German colonial pioneer, 1941 Lüders, Else, German historian, 1938 Lüdke, Franz, poet, historian, president of the Reichs Labor Ministry, 1934 Lüders, Dr. Marie Elisabeth, German educator, 1938 Lüdtke, Franz, poet, historian, president of the Reichs. Wartheländischen Dichterkreis, 1942 Lüdtke, Dr. Heinz, Doctor of Philosophy, 1934 Lueg, Heinrich, Privy Councillor, Kommerzienrat, active in mechanical engineering, 1940 Lühmann, Anna von, German teacher Eduards VIII, 1936 Lühr, Dr. Director of the Society for Electrical Companies, 1935 Lührs, Dr.-Joh. professor at the Technical University of Gdansk, 1936 Luecken, Dr. Emil, Lord Mayor of Kiel, 1933 Lünenschloß, Wilhelm, building contractor, o.Dat. Lüng, Pidder, author, poet, 1937 Lüninck, Ferdinand Freiherr von, Prussian civil servant, Chief President of the Rhine Province, 1938 Lüpke, Hans von, leader of the village church movement, 1934 Lüps, Werner, Wehrwirtschaftsführer, operating account of the Henkel factories, 1942 Lürmann, Fritz W., engineer (improvement of the blast furnace), 1934 Lüschen, Fritz, member of the Managing Board of Siemens

History of the Inventory Designer: Hans Heinrich Hildebrand (born 14.10.1919), merchant and former Lieutenant Captain, was the author of several standard works on German naval history. Inventory description: Hans Heinrich Hildebrand (born 14.10.1919), merchant and former lieutenant captain, was the author of several standard works on German naval history. The collection documents the results of decades of research work in the field of German naval history, which have found their way into Hildebrand's publications in condensed form. The collection consists of documents (not originals) and essays on the early history of the German navy from 1650, the Kurbrandenburg navy and the navy of the North German Confederation, the Reich and Kriegsmarinen up to 1945, as well as the Bundesmarine and the Volksmarine of the GDR. The collection also includes documents on the history of the naval officer, engineering officer and medical officer corps, as well as on the development of naval command, from landing craft and amphibious units, from small arms and weapons systems to uniform and flag science. The encyclopaedic compilations of admirals and the history of individual ships are outstanding; the compilations are usually provided with photographs. Citation style: BArch, MSG 225/...

Contains among other things: Expert opinion on the fortification plan of the port of Kiautschou, 14 June 1899 Chief of the cruiser squadron Heinrich Prinz von Preußen to the Second Admiral Ernst Fritze for the erection of the ships in case of war, 4 Nov. 1899 Also contains: Wladivostock (map section) Wakasa Bay (view)

Contains among other things: Planning for the case of serious tensions with Great Britain, information of the Chancellor of the Reich, 31.1.1905 cooperation with the army against Denmark at war entry of Great Britain, Febr. 1905 memorandum about deployment and use of the fleet in a war with Great Britain 1905, 20.3.1905 report of the Japanese admiral Togo about naval battle at Tsushima on 27. u. 28.5.1905 observations about naval battle at Tsushima June 1905

Contains among other things: Plan of an advance of the fleet against Sunderland and the Tyne estuary, 20.5.1916 Temporary deployment of a torpedo boat flotilla of the Hochseestreitkträfte to Flanders, 20.5.1916 "Explanation of the English mine network blockade", 22.5.1916 Repeated deployment of an auxiliary steamer to German East Africa. 27.5.1916 Losses of the German merchant shipping by submarines, 21.5.1916 naval battle in front of the Skagerrak on 21.5.1916, 3./4.6.1916 Listing "Losses of the Imperial Navy in the naval battle in front of the Skagerrak on 31 May and 1 June 1916", 10.6.1916

Contains among other things: Chief of the Admiral Staff to Reich Chancellor concerning intensification of the U-boat Trade War, 15.5.1916 battle report of the battle cruiser "Von der Tann" about naval battle in front of the Skagerrak, 8.6.1916 draft of an instruction manual for the case of internment of war vehicles, 18.6.1916 immediate report about experiences of the naval decoding service in the naval battle in front of the Skagerrak, 26.6.1916 "Record about the continuation of the [submarine] trade war", 27.6.1916 "Compilation of the cases in which hostile submarines acted contrary to international law against hospital ships and merchant ships of the Central Powers", 28.6.1916 Immediatbericht betr. Activity of the submarines in connection with the fleet advance to the naval battle in front of the Skagerrak, with marginal remarks of Kaiser Wilhelm II, 26.6.1916 Suggestion of Kaiser Wilhelm II, To use submarines for the procurement of raw materials, with letter of the Secretary of State of the Interior to Chief of the Naval Cabinet of 21.7.1916, 27.7.1916 Overview "State of the Airship and Aircraft Industry at the Outbreak of the War and on 15.7.1916", 25.7.1916 Recruitment of naval officers for submarines and aviation from the fleet; authority of the Chief of the Admiral Staff to issue orders "on the highest order", 27.7.1916 Successes of the submarines of the high seas armed forces and the naval corps since order of 24.4.1916, to wage a commercial war with submarines only according to Prisenordnung, 23.7.1916 Compilation of the "German [merchant] ships lost in the Baltic Sea since the beginning of the war due to mines and submarines", after 19.6.1916 overviews of the stock of submarines on 23.7. and 1.8.1916 as well as the state of readiness of the high seas armed forces on 28.7. and 7.8.1916 "Compilation of the news about the closure of the English Channel by the English in Aug. 1916 1916", 23.7.1916 Correspondence and minutes concerning the fight against allied transport traffic in the English Channel, Aug. and 17.9.1916 Deputy Chief of the Admiral Staff concerning the arming of enemy and neutral merchant ships as well as the use of radio communication equipment in neutral ports, 8.8.1916 Treatment of Swedish merchant ships by "UB 20" in the Gulf of Bothnia, 7. and 17.8.1916 "Successes of the submarines during their military use in July/Aug. 1916", 12.8.1916 Closure of the cog gutter and extension of the so-called timber agreement with Sweden, 20.9.1916 Compilation of the losses and damages caused by mines on the North Sea war scene, 1.7.-16.9.1916, 18.9.1916 regrouping of the linen ships (new formation of the IV. squadron), 1.10.1916 Report of the commander of the auxiliary ship "Rubens" sent to Deutsch-Ostafrika, 1.10.1916 Military action against Denmark and the Netherlands, 20./21.10.1916 Navy activity on the Bulgarian and Romanian coast of the Black Sea, 25.10.1916 Takeover of the Greek fleet by the Allies, 24.10.1916 Record of the meeting of the Chief of Admiral Staff with First Quartermaster General on 20.11.1916 about war cases J u. K, , submarine-trading war according to Prisenordnung and treatment of armed merchant ships as warships Monthly compilation of the enemy's list destroyed by the Central Powers from the beginning of the war to 30.9.1916 Merchant ships Compilation of the merchant ships sunk by submarines in Oct. 1916 and information about merchant ships that could have been destroyed in a reckless warfare War case J against Denmark, 22.11.1916

Contains among other things: Journey of the Captain to Sea Zeye and the Naval Superintendent Franzius in East Asia "for the Investigation of Port Places for their Use as Support Points", 31.7.1897 "Employment of German Naval Officers in the Chinese Navy", 10.10.1897 Delay of the Occupation of Kiautschou, 11.11.1897 Report of the chief of the cruiser division about China and Korea, 30.10.1897 Strength of the infantry and artillery to be sent to Kiautschou, 28.11.1897 Seizure of Kiautschou, 12.12.1897 "Present maritime position to Japan" and "Preparations for the war against Japan", 19. and 18.12.1897 Military justice in the navy 1896, 30.6.1897

Contains among other things: Memorandum concerning the future organisation of the administration of the Kiautschou area, 9.1.1898 "Development of Kiautschou into a naval base in East Asia", 11.2.1898 Continuation of the seizure of Kiautschou, 25. u. 26.2.1898 "Basis for the establishment of an operation plan against England", 16.4.1898

Contains among other things: Suitability of the Bay of Kiautschou for acquisition by Germany, 5.11.1896 Proposal of the Cruiser Division to appoint a naval attaché for East Asia in Yokohama, 2.1.1897 Acquisition of a base in East Asia, 9.1.1897 Amendments to the drill regulations of the fleet and torpedo boats, 27.2.1897

History of the Inventor: The fleet built in the Electorate of Brandenburg and later in the Kingdom of Prussia fell into decay in the late 18th century. At the beginning of the 19th century Prussia was not a maritime power. It was not until 1811/13 that the company began to acquire vessels for coastal defence again and to develop plans that went beyond this. By letter of 14.11.1817 the other naval powers were informed about the new Prussian war flag. Responsibility for naval affairs lay with the Prussian War Ministry, in which a department for naval affairs finally existed from 1848. At the same time, there was a Technical Marine Commission to draw up proposals for further action. The Royal Prussian Navy was formed with a corresponding Most High cabinet order of 5.9.1848 and subsequently warships were partly commissioned for construction, partly bought or taken over by the fleet of the German Confederation. The Royal Prussian Admiralty was established as the highest naval authority in its own right with the Most High Cabinet Order of 14.11.1853. The head of the Admiralty was the Prussian Prime Minister. The Admiralty at that time consisted of three departments (for Command Affairs; for Technical Affairs; for General and Administrative Affairs). On 30 March 1854, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the previous head of the Technical Navy Commission, was finally appointed "Admiral of the Prussian Coast" and Commander-in-Chief of the Prussian Navy. On 14.3.1859 the Admiralty was reorganized and divided into two departments (Naval Administration; High Command). Soon afterwards, however, a fundamental reorganization took place. The Admiralty was dissolved with the Most High Cabinet Order of 16.4.1861 and the Prussian Navy Ministry was formed in its place. This was led in personal union by the Prussian Minister of War. With the 25.6.1867 the Prussian Navy went together with the naval forces of the other German states to the North German Federation. The designations in the subsequent period are inconsistent. In research, the term North German Navy is commonly used. The ships now also carried the war flag of the North German Confederation accordingly. The Reichsverfassung of 20.4.1871 defined the navy as a Reich matter and spoke of both "Reichsmarine" and "Kaiserlicher Marine". By an appropriate instruction of Kaiser Wilhelm I. to the chief of the new upper authority for the navy from 1.2.1872 the navy was called from this day on "imperial navy". The Prussian Navy Ministry thus became the Imperial Admiralty. The head of the admiralty was to lead the administration under the responsibility of the Reich Chancellor and the supreme command according to the orders of the emperor (imperial command power). The Admiralty remained the supreme naval authority until 1889, after several reorganizations. Due to the constant enlargement and expansion of the Imperial Navy, the Admiralty was dissolved on 1.4.1889 and three top authorities were created in its place: Imperial Naval Cabinet (see RM 2), Reichsmarineamt (see RM 3), Oberkommando der Marine (see RM 4). Description: The fleet built up in the Electorate of Brandenburg and later in the Kingdom of Prussia fell into decay in the late 18th century. At the beginning of the 19th century Prussia was not a maritime power. It was not until 1811/13 that the company began to acquire vessels for coastal defence again and to develop plans that went beyond this. By letter of 14.11.1817 the other naval powers were informed about the new Prussian war flag. Responsibility for naval affairs lay with the Prussian War Ministry, in which a department for naval affairs finally existed from 1848. At the same time, there was a Technical Marine Commission to draw up proposals for further action. The Royal Prussian Navy was formed with a corresponding Most High cabinet order of 5.9.1848 and subsequently warships were partly commissioned for construction, partly bought or taken over by the fleet of the German Confederation. The Royal Prussian Admiralty was established as the highest naval authority in its own right with the Most High Cabinet Order of 14.11.1853. The head of the Admiralty was the Prussian Prime Minister. The Admiralty at that time consisted of three departments (for Command Affairs; for Technical Affairs; for General and Administrative Affairs). On 30 March 1854, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the previous head of the Technical Navy Commission, was finally appointed "Admiral of the Prussian Coast" and Commander-in-Chief of the Prussian Navy. On 14.3.1859 the Admiralty was reorganized and divided into two departments (Naval Administration; High Command). Soon afterwards, however, a fundamental reorganization took place. The Admiralty was dissolved with the Most High Cabinet Order of 16.4.1861 and the Prussian Navy Ministry was formed in its place. This was led in personal union by the Prussian Minister of War. With the 25.6.1867 the Prussian Navy went together with the naval forces of the other German states to the North German Federation. The designations in the subsequent period are inconsistent. In research, the term North German Navy is commonly used. The ships now also carried the war flag of the North German Confederation accordingly. The Reichsverfassung of 20.4.1871 defined the navy as a Reich matter and spoke of both "Reichsmarine" and "Kaiserlicher Marine". By an appropriate instruction of Kaiser Wilhelm I. to the chief of the new upper authority for the navy from 1.2.1872 the navy was called from this day on "imperial navy". The Prussian Navy Ministry thus became the Imperial Admiralty. The head of the admiralty was to lead the administration under the responsibility of the Reich Chancellor and the supreme command according to the orders of the emperor (imperial command power). The Admiralty remained the supreme naval authority until 1889, after several reorganizations. Due to the constant enlargement and expansion of the Imperial Navy, the Admiralty was dissolved on 1.4.1889 and three top authorities were created in its place: Imperial Naval Cabinet (see RM 2), Reichsmarineamt (see RM 3), Oberkommando der Marine (see RM 4). Content characterisation: The Admiralty's registry is divided into the following subject areas: Central Affairs: Imperial and state administration, organization and service administration, Admiralty Council, Cabinet Orders, public relations, naval decree sheets, command matters, military policy matters, fleet policy, maintenance of warships, ship assignments, personnel management, mobilization matters, organization and service operation of the authorities and naval parts on land, military training, instruction, education, fleet tactics and exercises, coastal fortification, signalling, transport matters, merchant navy, foreign navies, technical matters: Purchase of finished ships, general technical matters of warship construction, repairs, shipbuilding, mechanical engineering, artillery and torpedo weapons, port, agricultural and hydraulic engineering, administrative matters: Budget matters, cash and accounting, salaries and fees, catering in kind and cash, garrison construction, garrison administration, uniforms and clothing, housing and services, pensions, benefits, supplies, school matters and pastoral care. To a lesser extent, there is also evidence: Judicial affairs, medical affairs, hydrographic affairs, acquisition and development of the Jade area (Wilhelmshaven). The holdings also contain the records of the top authorities of the Prussian and North German navies. State of development: Invenio Pre-archival order: The registry, previously strictly separated according to command and administrative files, was largely mixed up in the admiralty, which was organized as a unitary authority. Scope, explanation: Stock without growth108.0 m 4020 AU approx. 900 large formats Citation method: BArch, RM 1/...