Description
Deutsche Marine-Zeitung – Number 10, October 1938 (46. Jahrgang)
Scanned pages: 34 | Instant PDF download
Historical German Kriegsmarine (Navy) magazine, published by the Nationalsozialistischer Deutscher Marine-Bund, digitized.
Cover
Portrait of Generaladmiral Dr. h. c. Erich Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine, in dress uniform. Photo credit: Foto: Harren, Nürnberg. No war correspondent credited on the cover.
Main Articles
“Ein deutscher Verlag”
Marks the 50th anniversary of the Heinrich Beenken Verlag, publisher of the naval magazines “Die Kriegsmarine” and “Deutsche Marine-Zeitung,” tracing the firm’s history from its founding in 1868.
Author: Herbert Heiß.
“Generaladmiral Dr. h. c. Raeder”
A tribute marking the tenth anniversary of Raeder’s appointment as Chief of the Marineleitung, reviewing his career and the rebuilding of the German fleet.
Author: credited only as “Der Bundesführer” (the League’s leader); no individual byline or photo credit given.
“Oesterreichischer Kriegsschiffsbau (II)”
Second installment of a history of Austrian warship construction, covering private shipyards, torpedo development, and armored cruiser classes of the Austro-Hungarian navy.
Author: Ulrich Schreier. Photo credit: Privatarchive von Konteradmiral von Khuepach und U. Schreier.
“Alte Kameraden”
A reminiscence by three elderly veterans recalling the 1878 collision between the ironclad frigates SMS König Wilhelm and SMS Großer Kurfürst in the English Channel.
Author: Kapitän a. D. der Hapag, Otto Ranzau. Photo credit: Foto: Verfasser; Stiche (engravings): Archiv Fritz Otto Busch.
“Oesterreich-ungarischer Geleitzerstörer im Sturm”
A first-person WWI account of an Austro-Hungarian escort destroyer’s stormy rescue mission for the German U-boat U 77 in the Adriatic near Cattaro.
Author: Linienschiffskapitän a. D. Friedrich von Arvay. Sketch/map credit: Oesterr.-ungar. Seekriegswerk. Photo credits: Foto Frhr. v. Handel-Mazetti, Wien.
“Der Führer und Oberste Befehlshaber bei der Kriegsmarine”
A photo feature of Hitler aboard the sail training ship “Horst Wessel” and reviewing a fleet parade including the armored ships “Admiral Scheer” and “Admiral Graf Spee” and the battleship “Gneisenau.”
Photo credits: Hoffmann, Atlantic, Scherl, Weltbild.
“”Grundgänger!””
A first-person account of a torpedo-firing exercise and the subsequent overnight search to recover a lost practice torpedo aboard the cruiser “Nürnberg.”
Author: Funkobergefreiter Hans-Joachim Roßmann, Kreuzer “Nürnberg.” Photo credits: F. O. Busch; Roßmann; Oblt. (Zug.) Schiwansky, Emden.
“Namensträger “Prinz Eugen” der ehemaligen k. und k. österreichisch-ungarischen Marine”
A pictorial history of the successive Austro-Hungarian warships named “Prinz Eugen,” from an 18th-century Danube flotilla vessel through the WWI-era dreadnought.
“Der Militäranwärter (Wehrwissen und Wehrwille)”
An explanatory article on the 1938 Wehrmacht welfare and pension law and its provisions for career soldiers transitioning to civil service posts.
Author: Erich Bäumlinger.
“Namensänderung deutscher Kriegsschiffe”
A survey of recent renamings of German warships, including escort boats, minesweepers, and auxiliary vessels, with the histories behind their old and new names.
Author: Frederik Lund, Neustrelitz.
“Aus Luv und Lee der Schiffahrt”
A roundup of current maritime and shipping news, including whaling fleet statistics, Hitler’s visit aboard the airship “Hindenburg” with Reichsverweser Horthy, and shipyard launches.
Author: Kapitän Herbert, Hamburg.
“Traditionskalender”
A day-by-day calendar of historical naval anniversaries for October, drawn from both the Imperial German and Austro-Hungarian navies.
Source credit: gekürzt aus dem “Traditionshandbuch der Kriegsmarine” (J. F. Lehmann Verlag, München). No individual author given.