• Thumbnail for Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
    struck a mine laid by the newly launched German U-boat U-75 (commanded by Kurt Beitzen) and sank west of the Orkney Islands. Recent research has set the death...
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  • Thumbnail for German order of battle for the invasion of Poland
    Meisel: Georg Thiele (Z 2) - Korvettenkapitän Max-Eckart Wolff Richard Beitzen (Z 4) - Korvettenkapitän Moritz Schmidt (Flag 1. Zerstörerflottille) Erich...
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    IV, each with ten 12 in (300 mm) guns, led by Captain (Kapitän zur See) Kurt Graßhoff in Kaiserin, were to act as covering force for the group. The battleships...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Jutland order of battle
    half-flotilla): OLtzS Franz-Ferdinand von Loefen SMS G40: KptLt Richard Beitzen SMS G38: KptLt Hermann Metger SMS S32: KptLt Hermann Froelich 3rd Torpedo-Boat...
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  • Valentiner HMS Hampshire Cruiser  Royal Navy 10,850 5 June 1916 U-75 Curt Beitzen New York Troop ship  United States 10,798 9 April 1917 UC-65 Otto Steinbrinck...
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  • Triple Alliance 23 June – Kiel Week in Kiel started. 24 February – Richard Beitzen, German Naval officer (died 1918) 10 March – Hans Steinhoff, German film...
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