German Fleet in a sentence

Heading towards the German fleet's position, the Zeppelin was forced to climb above the cloud cover by fire from the British fleet: its commander then decided that it was his duty to cover the retreating German fleet rather than observe British movements.

However, the erroneous signal from earlier in the day that reported the German fleet still in port, and an intelligence signal received at 22:45 giving another unlikely position for the German fleet, had reduced his confidence in intelligence reports.

The British fleet operated from its bases in the islands and harbors at the northern end of Britain, and the German fleet was based on Germany’s North Sea coast.

Attempts were made to play down the perceived threat to Britain, but once the German fleet reached the position of equalling the other second-rank navies, it became impossible to avoid mention of the one great fleet it was intended to challenge.

The German fleet withdrew to port after two short encounters with the British fleet.

For the first half of 1940, there were no German surface raiders in the Atlantic because the German Fleet had been concentrated for the invasion of Norway.

A number of captured ships from occupied countries were added to the German fleet as the war progressed.

At Jutland, the total of the British ships' weight of broadside was convert, while the German fleet's total was convert.

By November 1937, Dönitz became convinced that a major campaign against merchant shipping was practicable and began pressing for the conversion of the German fleet almost entirely to U-boats.

Following the outbreak of hostilities in July 1936 several large warships of the German fleet were sent to the region.

He needed to know the location of the German fleet to judge when and how to deploy his battleships from their cruising formation (six columns of four ships each) into a single battle line.

It was a tactical victory for the Kriegsmarine and a blow to British morale, but the German fleet lost the possibility to attack allied convoys with heavy surface ships in the Atlantic (which was its wish) because of Hitler's decision.

It was known to the intelligence staff that Scheer deliberately used a different call sign when at sea, but no one asked for this information or explained the reason behind the query – to locate the German fleet.

L 1 was lost on 9 September near Heligoland when caught in a storm while taking part in an exercise with the German fleet. 14 crew members drowned, the first fatalities in a Zeppelin accident.

Massie, p. 621 After suffering heavy shell damage, the German fleet turned 180 degrees and headed away from the battle.

The British lost more ships and twice as many sailors but succeeded in containing the German fleet.

The German fleet assembled in the Jade River and at Wilhelmshaven and was instructed to raise steam and be ready for action from midnight on 28 May.

The German fleet was in the habit each day of wirelessing the exact position of each ship and giving regular position reports when at sea.

While the British had not destroyed the German fleet and had lost more ships than their enemy, the Germans had retreated to harbour; at the end of the battle the British were in command of the area.