Wilhelmshaven
Proper noun
Meaning
Wilhelmshaven
A city and port in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Examples
A blockade of Wilhelmshaven failed and conflicting orders about operations in the Baltic Sea or a return to France, made the French naval efforts futile.
Herwig p. 59 In 1910 they were transferred from Kiel to Wilhelmshaven, where two new large docks had been completed and more were under construction.
In fact, the government's efforts to secure an armistice were interrupted by the Kiel mutiny which began with events at Wilhelmshaven on 30 October and the outbreak of revolution in Germany in early November.
In October 1887 the first torpedo division was created at Wilhelmshaven and the second torpedo division based at Kiel.
On 26 February 1943 Obermaschinist Jakob Ippendorf died during an air attack in Wilhelmshaven.
She would start in Kiel and finish in Wilhelmshaven ; then reverse the process.