What is "wilhelmshaven"

Usage examples of "wilhelmshaven".

When the sharp outlines of the red cliffs of Heligoland appeared, the German cruiser Seeadler came from the island to meet the squadron and reported that the coast ironclads Aegir and Odin, the cruisers Hansa, Vineta, Freya, and Hertha, together with the torpedo-boats, had set out from Wilhelmshaven during the night and had seen nothing of the enemy.

There is only a handful of ports, and all on the Baltic: Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Stettin, and others as well as her main naval facilities at Kiel and Wilhelmshaven.

The other two losses fell to the Flak batteries of Wilhelmshaven and Bremerhaven when the bombers concerned strayed and flew near those strongly defended cities.

In a moment I remembered that page in the North Sea Pilot where the Ems-Jade Canal is referred to as deep enough to carry gun-boats, and as used for that strategic purpose between Wilhelmshaven and Emden, along the base, that is, of the Frisian peninsula.

And all the other commanders in the home ports did the same, so that, as far as could be ascertained, 15 U-boats sank in Wilhelmshaven in the first week in May, 1945, in Hamburg 10, in Travemiinde 31, in Kiel 26 and in Flensburg 56.

The third of the Hannover combat wings - consisting of the 94th, 100th and 385th Bomb Groups - had had difficulty in assembling and these groups had separately bombed Wilhelmshaven, Bremer-haven and a convoy off the Frisian Islands but none of their bombing caused serious damage to the Germans.

German navy authorities took me from Wilhelmshaven to Karlsruhe, where I was turned over to the army.

They should be in the Deutsche Bucht soon, which meant that the Parker Cook would be able to tie up in Wilhelmshaven before dark.