German Navy: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The German Navy has had several names depending on the political structure of Germany at the time:

• Deutsche Marine (German Navy) (1848)-(1852)
• Norddeutsche Bundesmarine (Northern German Federal Navy) (1866-1871)
• Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) (1872-1918)
• Vorläufige Reichsmarine (1919-1921)
• Reichsmarine (State Navy) (1921-1935)
• Kriegsmarine (War Navy) (1935-1945)
• Volksmarine (People's Navy) (East Germany: 1949-1990)
• Bundesmarine (Federal Navy) (West Germany: 1955-1990)
• Deutsche Marine (German Navy) (1990-present)

Jacks and Ensigns

Kriegsmarine

Deutsche Marine

See also: List of ships of the German navies, pocket battleship, U-boat