Editing Imperial German Navy (section)

===Engagements===
[[File:Deutsches Reich Flaggen.jpg|thumb|right|Flags used by the Imperial German Navy]]
Notable battles fought by the Navy were:
* [[Battle of Heligoland (1914)|Battle of Heligoland Bight]] (Rear Admiral [[Leberecht Maass]]) – 1914
* [[Battle of Coronel]] (Vice Admiral [[Maximilian von Spee]]) – 1914. The East Asia Squadron defeated the British [[North America and West Indies Station|West Indies Squadron]]
* [[Battle of the Falkland Islands]] (Vice Admiral [[Maximilian von Spee]]) – 1914. The East Asia Squadron was defeated by British battlecruisers
* [[Battle of Dogger Bank (1915)|Battle of Dogger Bank]] (Vice Admiral [[Franz von Hipper|Franz Hipper]]) – 1915. Armoured cruiser [[SMS Blücher|''Blücher'']] sank and British battlecruiser ''Lion'' put out of action.
* [[Battle of the Gulf of Riga]] (Vice Admiral [[Ehrhard Schmidt (admiral)|Ehrhard Schmidt]])
* [[Battle of Jutland]] (Vice Admiral [[Reinhard Scheer]]; Vice Admiral [[Franz von Hipper|Franz Hipper]]) -1916. In the largest naval battle of the war several British ships were sunk or damaged but the High Seas Fleet was unable to damage the British Grand Fleet sufficiently to threaten the [[Blockade of Germany (1914–1919)|blockade of Germany]].
* [[Operation Albion]], including [[Battle of Moon Sound]] (Vice Admiral [[Ehrhard Schmidt (admiral)|Ehrhard Schmidt]]) – 1917. In the Baltic against Russian forces.
* [[Battle of the Atlantic (1914–1918)|First Battle of the Atlantic]] – U-boat warfare

Notable minor battles:
* [[Russian raid on Gotland|Battle of Gotland]]
* [[Battle of Dover Strait (1916)|First Battle of Dover Strait]] – 1916. Torpedo boat attack on Dover Barrage
* [[Battle of Dover Strait (1917)|Second Battle of Dover Strait]] – 1917. Attack on Dover Barrage
* [[Battle of Cocos]]
* [[Raid on Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby]] – 1914. Bombardment of British east coast ports.
* [[Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau]]
* [[Bombardment of Yarmouth and Lowestoft]] – 1916. Bombardment of British east coast ports.
* [[Battle of Trindade]]
Minor engagements included the [[commerce raiding]] carried out by the ''Emden'', {{SMS|Königsberg|1905|2}}, and the sailing ship and commerce raider {{SMS|Seeadler|1915|2}}.

The Imperial Navy carried out land operations, e.g. operating the long-range [[Paris Gun]] which was based on a naval gun. The [[Siege of Tsingtao]] (Qingdao) used naval troops as Qingdao was a naval base, and also as the Imperial Navy was directly under the Imperial Government (the German Army was made up of regiments from the various states).

Following the Battle of Jutland, the capital ships of the Imperial Navy had been confined to inactive service in harbor. In October 1918, the [[Seekriegsleitung|Imperial Naval Command]] in Kiel under Admiral [[Franz von Hipper]], without authorization, planned to dispatch the fleet for a last battle against the Royal Navy in the English Channel. The [[naval order of 24 October 1918]] and the preparations to sail first triggered the [[Kiel Mutiny]] among the affected sailors and then a [[German Revolution of 1918–19|general revolution]] which was to sweep aside the monarchy within a few days.