Bering had been an officer in the Russian imperial navy since 1704.
How could Kane deal such a smashing defeat to the imperial navy!
In fact, the Aegean theme rather than an army supplied sailors to the imperial navy.
Even by then no true "imperial navy" had existed either in Greece or Egypt.
The Britons boasted no ships that could overwhelm those of the imperial navy.
Forced by the rapidly growing German imperial navy it became necessary to enlarge shipbuilding capacities.
The type was first offered to the Imperial German Navy, but was rejected.
The Baltic Sea however remained under Danish control, due to the lack of an imperial navy.
"They were the imperial navy's battleships," she replied.
It was commissioned by the Imperial German Navy on 14 December 1906.
