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In the early 1970s, marinized versions of BMW's 2.0-litre, 4-cylinder gasoline engine were marketed as the Model 410 and 411. In 1977, BMW AG established a separate marine division, incorporated as BMW Marine GmbH. BMW Marine's head office and assembly plant were located in Verviers, Belgium . BMW Marine continued to marinize BMW's production ...
BMW Headquarters. / 48.17694°N 11.56000°E / 48.17694; 11.56000. The BMW Headquarters ( German: BMW-Vierzylinder, lit. 'BMW four-cylinder' ), also known as the BMW Tower (German: BMW-Turm or BMW-Hochhaus ), is a high-rise building located in the Am Riesenfeld area of Munich, Germany. The building has served as the global corporate ...
The BMW 5 Series mid-size sedan range was introduced in 1972, followed by the BMW 3 Series compact sedans in 1975, the BMW 6 Series luxury coupes in 1976 and the BMW 7 Series large luxury sedans in 1978. The BMW M division released its first road car, a mid-engine supercar, in 1978. This was followed by the BMW M5 in 1984 and the BMW M3 in 1986 ...
The problem was how to lure the U-boat to the surface. A solution to this was the creation of the Q-ship, one of the most closely guarded secrets of the war. Their codename referred to the vessels' home port, Queenstown, in Ireland. [5] These became known by the Germans as a U-Boot-Falle ("U-boat trap"). A Q-ship would appear to be an easy ...
In 1935, the name was changed to Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelmshaven Naval Shipyard) when the German navy ( Reichsmarine) was renamed Kriegsmarine by the Nazi Third Reich. During 1939-1945, the yard's main activities were in building warships, U-boats and repairing damaged warships. On 18 December 1939, 12 out of 22 RAF's Wellington ...
The list of Germany Navy ships includes all ships commissioned into German Navy service, since the reunification of Germany in 1990. See also: List of naval ships of Germany for naval ships which have served Germany throughout the country's history. List of German Navy ship classes; List of current German frigates
The Deutschland class was a group of five pre-dreadnought battleships built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the last vessels of that type to be built in Germany. The class comprised Deutschland, the lead ship, Hannover, Pommern, Schlesien, and Schleswig-Holstein. The ships closely resembled those of the preceding Braunschweig ...
The following is a list of destroyers and large torpedo boats of Germany. In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers.