The first battleships Kaiser. Dreadnoughts like Nassau and Ostfrisland

The British creation of the first dreadnought did not prevent the preparation of the German Empire for the fight for dominance at sea - dreadnoughts like Nassau and Ostfrisland Kaiser threw a direct call to the Lord of the Seas. In the First World War, these battleships, the first-born, ”Hochzeflotte will take part in almost all of his operations, and in the Battle of the Battle, the Grand Flit ships decisively. Although the concise timing of the construction of the first German battleships left their mark in their design, they were distinguished by powerful booking (in 1924, the Americans will need two days to bomb the head of the Ostfrislan), excellent anti -torpedo protection (Vestfalen's battleship is torpedoing the British submarine, but Even having accepted 800 tons of water, he will retain 14 out of 20 nodes), they could fire at night and, for the first time in the global shipbuilding, were equipped with metal cartridges for main caliber charges, instead of fire-hazardous silk cartules, which sharply reduced the possibility of an explosion due to the explosion due The cellar of ammunition sparks. This book in all details restores the history of the creation, design, service and combat use of the first German battleships - Nassau, Westfalen, Raynland, Posen, Ostfrisland, Gelgoland, Tyringen, Oldenburg. The publication is illustrated by many exclusive drawings and photographs.