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Admiralty Staff Admiralstab Flag of the Chief of the Admiralty Staff Agency overview Formed 14 March 1899 Preceding agency Imperial Naval High Command Dissolved 15 September 1919 Jurisdiction German Empire Headquarters Bendlerblock, Berlin Agency executive Chief of the Admiralty Staff The German Imperial Admiralty Staff (German: Admiralstab ) was one of four command agencies for the administration of the Imperial German Navy from 1899 to 1918. While the German Emperor Wilhelm II as commander-in-chief exercised supreme operational command and control of the naval forces, the military staff was split into the Admiralty, the Naval Office, the Naval Cabinet, and the Inspector-General. The command structure had a negative impact on German naval warfare in World War I, as a professional head of the Imperial Navy, similar to the First Sea Lord, was not established until August 1918. After the war and the German Revolution of 1918–19, the Admiralty Staff became subordinate to the Naval Offic...

Imperial German Navy Kaiserliche Marine Active 1871–1918 Country   German Empire Branch Navy Engagements Samoan Civil War Samoan crisis Abushiri Revolt Boxer Rebellion Venezuela Crisis Sokehs Rebellion World War I Insignia War Ensign (1903–1918) War Ensign (1892–1903) War Ensign (1871–1892) Naval Jack (1903–1918) The Imperial German Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine , "Imperial Navy") was the navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire. It existed between 1871 and 1919, growing out of the small Prussian Navy (from 1867 the North German Federal Navy ), which primarily had the mission of coastal defence. Kaiser Wilhelm II greatly expanded the navy, and enlarged its mission. The key leader was Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, who greatly expanded the size and quality of the navy, while adopting the sea power theories of American strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan. The result was a naval arms race with Britain as the German navy grew to become one of the greatest mariti...