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Tuesday 12 January 2016

Funnel marks of the German warships according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1904-1905 no. 9

An item referred to the Journal R.U.S.J. dealing with the funnel marks of the several German warships, namely as follows:
Battleships
Black bands: Wittelsbach one, Zähringen two, Mecklenburg three and Wettin four.
White bands: Kaiser Friederich II one, Kaiser Karl der Gross two and Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse three.
Red bands: Preussen one, Braunschweig two, Hessen three and Elsass four.
Yellow bands: Kurfürst Wilhelm one, Wörth two, Brandenburg three and Weissenburg four,
Cruisers
Black bands: Friedrch Karl one, Hamburg two, Medusa thee and Arcona four.
White bands: Prins Heinrichj one, Berlin two, Ariadne three and Frauenlob four.