NationStates Jolt Archive

Head of State: Kaiser Wilhelm II
Population: 68 Million
Army: 800,000 standing, 3.7 million reserves
Air Force: 500 aircraft and 11 airships.
Colonies: Togo, Cameroon, German South-West Africa (Namibia), German East Africa (Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi.)

Sold to Japan: North Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and several small islands in the Pacific. Also, a harbour in China called Tsingtao.

Navy

Submersibles: 30 petrol-powered submarines and 10 diesel-powered U-boats

Rundown Cruisers: 5 (1887-1896)
Seeadler
Condor
Gefion
Greif
Hela

Coastal Defense Ships: 3
Siegfried Class (3,700 tons, 3 x 24 cm guns)
SMS Siegfried, 1889
SMS Beowulf, 1890
SMS Frithjof, 1892


Heavy Cruisers: 15
Kaiserin Augusta Class (6,000 tons, 4 x 15 cm guns)
SMS Kaiserin Augusta, 1892
Victoria Louise Class (5,700 tons, 2 x 21 cm guns, 8 x 15 cm guns)
SMS Victoria Louise, 1897
SMS Hertha, 1897
SMS Freya, 1897
SMS Vineta, 1897
SMS Hansa, 1898
Fürst Bismarck Class (10,700 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns, 12 x 15 cm guns)
SMS Fürst Bismarck, 1897
Prinz Heinrich Class (9,000 tons, 2 x 24 cm guns)
SMS Prinz Heinrich, 1900
SMS Prinz Adalbert, 1901
SMS Friedrich Carl, 1901
Roon Class (10,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
SMS Roon, 1903
SMS Yorck, 1904
Scharnhorst Class (11,600 tons, 8 x 21 cm guns)
SMS Scharnhorst, 1906
SMS Gneisenau, 1906
Blücher Class (15,800 tons, 12 x 21 cm guns)
SMS Blücher, 1908

Light Cruisers: 33
Gazelle Class (2,700 tons, 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
SMS Gazelle, 1898
SMS Niobe
SMS Nymphe
SMS Thetis
SMS Ariadne
SMS Amazone
SMS Medusa
SMS Frauenlob
SMS Arcona
SMS Undine, 1902
Bremen Class (3,300 tons 10 x 10.5 cm guns)
SMS Bremen, 1903
SMS Hamburg, 1903
SMS Lübeck, 1904
SMS München, 1904
SMS Leipzig, 1905
SMS Danzig, 1906
SMS Berlin
Stettin Class
SMS Königsberg, 1905
SMS Stettin, 1907
SMS Stuttgart, 1906
SMS Nürnberg, 1906
Dresden Class (3,700 tons)
SMS Dresden, 1907
SMS Emden, 1908
Kolberg Class (4,400 tons)
SMS Kolberg, 1908
SMS Mainz, 1909
SMS Cöln, 1909
SMS Augsburg, 1909
Magdeburg Class
SMS Magdeburg, 1911
SMS Breslau, 1911
SMS Straßburg, 1911
SMS Stralsund, 1911
Pillau Class
SMS Pillau, 1914
SMS Elbing, 1914


Minelaying Cruisers: 2
Nautilus Class (2,000 tons, 8 x 8.8 cm guns)
SMS Nautilus, 1907
SMS Albatross, 1907

Battlecruisers: 6
von der Tann Class (19,400 tons, 8 x 28 cm guns)
SMS von der Tann, 1909
Moltke Class (23,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)
SMS Moltke, 1910
SMS Goeben, 1911
Seydlitz Class (25,000 tons, 10 x 28 cm guns)
SMS Seydlitz, 1912
Derfflinger Class (27,000 tons, 8 x 30.5 cm guns)
SMS Derfflinger, 1913
SMS Lützow, 1913


Dreadnaughts: 17
Nassau Class (19,000 tons, 12 x 28 cm guns)
SMS Nassau, 1908
SMS Posen, 1908
SMS Rheinland, 1908
SMS Westfalen, 1908
Helgoland Class (23,000 tons, 12 x 30.5 cm guns)
SMS Helgoland, 1909
SMS Ostfriesland, 1909
SMS Thüringen, 1909
SMS Oldenburg, 1910
Kaiser class battleship (25,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
SMS Kaiser, 1911
Kaiser class battleship (25,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
SMS Kaiserin, 1911
SMS Prinzregent Luitpold, 1911
SMS Friedrich der Große, 1911
SMS König Albert, 1912
König class battleship (26,000 tons, 10 x 30.5 cm guns)
SMS König, 1913
SMS Großer Kurfürst, 1913
SMS Markgraf, 1913
SMS Kronprinz/SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm, 1914


Battleships (Pre-Dreadnaughts): 20
Kaiser Friedrich Class (11,600 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
SMS Kaiser Friedrich III., 1896
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm II., 1897
SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Große, 1899
SMS Kaiser Karl der Große, 1899
SMS Kaiser Barbarossa, 1900
Wittelsbach Class (12,000 tons, 4 x 24 cm guns)
SMS Wittelsbach, 1900
SMS Wettin, 1900
SMS Zähringen, 1901
SMS Schwaben, 1901
SMS Mecklenburg, 1901
Braunschweig Class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)
SMS Braunschweig, 1901
SMS Elsaß, 1903
SMS Hessen, 1903
SMS Preußen, 1903
SMS Lothringen, 1904
Deutschland Class (13,000 tons, 4 x 28 cm guns)
SMS Deutschland, 1904
SMS Hannover, 1905
SMS Pommern, 1905
SMS Schlesien, 1906
SMS Schleswig-Holstein, 1906

Torpedo Boats: 191
Type 1906
• Displacement: 800 tons
• Armament: 3 x 10.5 cm guns; 3 x 8.8 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
• Performance: Speed 34 knots; Range 1,250 miles at 17 knots
• Ships in class: 59 (S138 to S149, V150 to V164, S165 to S168, G169 to G175, S176 to S179, V180 to V191, and G192 to G197)
• Service: Commissioned 1907 to 1911
Type 1898
• Displacement: 600 tons
• Armament: 1 x 8.8 cm gun; 4 x 5.2 cm guns; 2 x 5 cm guns; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
• Performance: Speed 32 knots; Range 1,500 miles at 17 knots
• Ships in class: 49 (S90 to S133 and G134 to G137)
• Service: Commissioned 1899 to 1907, 12 lost in WWI, last scrapped in 1921
Type 1897
• Displacement: 175 tons
• Armament: 3 x 5 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
• Performance: Speed 26 knots; Range 1,600 miles at 12 knots
• Ships in class: 8 (S82 to S89)
• Service: Commissioned 1897 to 1898, all scrapped in 1921
Type 1892
• Displacement: 175 tons
• Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
• Performance: Speed 23 knots; Range 1,700 miles at 12 knots
• Ships in class: 16 (S66 to S81)
• Service: Commissioned 1892 to 1896, four lost in WWI, last scrapped in 1921
Type 1885
• Displacement: 150 tons
• Armament: 1 x 5 cm gun; 2 x 3.7 cm revolver cannon; 3 x 45 cm torpedo tubes
• Performance: Speed 22 knots; Range 2,250 miles at 10 knots
• Ships in class: 59 (S7 to S65)
• Service: Commissioned 1885 to 1892, 15 lost in WWI, last scrapped 1921



Building:


Minehunters: 100

(OOC:what happened to the other one?)

OOC: What do you mean?

SIC.

Greatings!

We wish to purchase either 140 Rumpler Taube, or the Production Rights of the Rumpler Taube.

Ministery of Defense

We will sell you which ever of the two you would prefer.

OOC: I am assuming you would prefer production rights, but just post which deal you want to make and I will assume it is done.

[SIC]

We will purchase the Production Irghts. We thank you once again my friends.

We would like to purchase the rights to your latest submarine model

Sold.

Germany begins the construction of 30 new U-boats, 3 dreadnaughts, and one battlecruiser. Also, research on a diesel powered dreadnaught engine is nearly complete.