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    that was launched in 1938. Requisitioned by Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine as Schiff 14, in April 1940 she participated in the invasion of Norway; in August...
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    (HSK-3, Schiff 21) Thor (HSK-4, Schiff 10) Pinguin (HSK-5, Schiff 33) Stier (HSK-6, Schiff 23) Komet (HSK-7, Schiff 45) Kormoran (HSK-8, Schiff 41) Michel...
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    participated in a sweep toward Gotland and Bogskär, to support the assault on Libau. Mecklenburg and the other ships stood off Gotland to intercept any Russian...
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    several operations against Russian forces, including the successful attack on Libau in May and the failed attack on Riga in August. The threat of British submarines...
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    guard ship in Libau, starting on 24 September. On 10–11 November, Schwaben, her sisters Wittelsbach and Wettin, and Prinz Heinrich left Libau, bound for...
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    cruisers from the Baltic fleet bombarded Libau. The force returned to the North Sea shortly after the fall of Libau on 8 May. The 8th Torpedo Boat flotilla...
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    by the cruisers Lübeck and Amazone carried out an attack on the port of Libau (now Liepāja, Latvia). Four blockships were sunk at the entrances to the...
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    Russian positions around Libau (now Liepāja). The torpedo boats S138 and S141 carried out a reconnaissance of the entrances to Libau harbour, with the rest...
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    the war against the Russians on 2 August, when she shelled the port of Libau. She participated in a series of bombardments of Russian positions until...
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    Gorlice–Tarnów offensive on the Eastern Front, Germany launched an attack against Libau (now Liepāja) in Latvia, with naval support from the German navy. The 14th...
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    LIBAU im irischen Osteraufstand 1916 ("Successful revolution may decide war". The use of S.M.H. LIBAU in the Irish Easter rising 1916), in: Schiff &...
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    into the Baltic to support a major operation against Russian positions at Libau. The operation was commanded by Konteradmiral (Rear Admiral) Albert Hopman...
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    IV Squadron ships were tasked with providing support to the assault on Libau (in modern Latvia). Braunschweig and the other ships were stationed off...
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    together with the cruisers Lübeck and Amazone carried out an attack on Libau (now Liepāja, Latvia), shelling the port, with four blockships being sank...
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    together with the cruisers Lübeck and Amazone carried out an attack on Libau (now Liepāja, Latvia), shelling the port, with four blockships being sank...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS S19 (1912)
    Gorlice–Tarnów offensive on the Eastern Front, Germany launched an attack against Libau (now Liepāja) in Latvia, with naval support from the German navy. The 14th...
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  • Gorlice–Tarnów offensive on the Eastern Front, Germany launched an attack against Libau (now Liepāja) in Latvia, with naval support from the German navy. The 14th...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Zähringen
    SMS Zähringen (German: Seiner Majestät Schiff Zähringen; English: His Majesty's Ship Zähringen) was the third Wittelsbach-class pre-dreadnought battleship...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Prinz Adalbert (1901)
    conducted operations against Russian forces, including bombarding the port of Libau in support of the German Army. She was torpedoed by a British submarine...
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    were escorting the armoured cruiser Prinz Adalbert, which had set out from Libau (now Liepāja, Latvia) to carry out a patrol between Fårö and Dagerort, when...
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  • Russian positions around Libau (now Liepāja). S138 and the torpedo boat S141 carried out a reconnaissance of the entrances to Libau harbour, with the rest...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS S23 (1913)
    Gorlice–Tarnów offensive on the Eastern Front, Germany launched an attack against Libau (now Liepāja) in Latvia, with naval support from the German navy. The 14th...
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    Libau (now Liepāja, Latvia), being shelled on the return journey. On 28 March 1915, the cruiser Lübeck, together with G135 and G134, bombarded Libau,...
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    M.H. Libau im irischen Osteraufstand 1916 ("Success revolution may decide war". The use of S.M.H. Libau in the Easter Rising 1916), in: Schiff & Zeit...
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    Netherlands-based NV Ingenieurskantoor voor Scheepsbouw (IvS), a subsidiary of Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG-AG Weser, was developing a submarine that matched Soviet...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS G134
    cruisers Prinz Adalbert and Augsburg in a sweep north of Gotland, with Libau being shelled on the return journey. On 25 January 1915, the light cruiser...
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    of Riga in the Baltic Sea. She joined the minelaying cruiser Nautilus in Libau on 21 September as preparations for the operation began to get underway...
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    by the Eighth Air Force without damage. Lützow underwent an overhaul in Libau, after which she remained in the Baltic Sea. In March 1944 Lützow became...
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    forces stationed in the Baltic Sea. She left Kiel on 2 July and arrived in Libau six days later, where she joined the Reconnaissance Unit for the Baltic...
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    Brandenburg were transferred to Libau. She served as the flagship of KAdm Alfred Begas, the new commander of V Squadron. In Libau, they were assigned as guard...
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