North German Federal Navy

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North German Federal Navy (NDBM)
Active	1867–1871
Country	North German Confederation
Type	Navy
Engagements	Franco-Prussian War
Insignia
War Ensign (1867–1871)
Naval Jack (1867-1871)

The North German Federal Navy (Norddeutsche Bundesmarine or Marine des Norddeutschen Bundes), was the Navy of the North German Confederation, formed out of the Prussian Navy in 1867. It was eventually succeeded by the Imperial German Navy in 1871.

In the war against France, in 1870–1871, the navy encountered enemy forces on a few occasions. These included several minor skirmishes in the North and Baltic Seas between German coastal forces and the French blockade fleet, along with the Battle of Havana between the gunboat Meteor and the French aviso Bouvet. In general, due to its small size and frequent mechanical problems with most of the ironclad warships then in service, the navy did not play a significant role in the war. On the other hand, the French navy found it difficult to employ its far superior fleet for a landing operation at the Prussian coasts, owing to the decisive defeats the French suffered on land.

References

Sondhaus, Lawrence (1997). Preparing for Weltpolitik: German Sea Power Before the Tirpitz Era. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1557507457.

v t e German Navies
Pre–unification German states	Brandenburg Navy (16th century – 1701) Prussian Navy (1701–1867) Schleswig–Holstein Navy (1848–1851) Austro–Hungarian Navy (1786–1918)
German Confederation	Reichsflotte (1848–1852) Bundesflotte (Planned)
North German Confederation	Norddeutsche Bundesmarine (1867–1871)
German Empire	Kaiserliche Marine (1871–1918)
Weimar Republic	Reichsmarine (1919–1935)
Nazi Germany	Kriegsmarine (1935–45)
Allied–occupied Germany	German Mine Sweeping Administration (1945–1947) German Mine Sweeping Formation Cuxhaven (1948–1951) Labor Service Unit (B) (1951–1957) Seegrenzschutz (1951–1956) (West Germany) Main Administration Sea Police (1950–1956) (East Germany)
Post WWII German Navy	Deutsche Marine (1956–today) Volksmarine (1956–1990) (East Germany)

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Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany

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