Sea defense

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A sea ​​defense is a reserve organization of a country's navy .

Sea defense in Germany

The Navy of the North German Confederation consisted of the fleet and the sea defense. The sea rifle was the counterpart to the Landwehr in the army. The conscripts had to do three years of active service, followed by four years in the reserve and another five years in the naval service. During the Franco-Prussian War, it was temporarily considered to equip ships as auxiliary cruisers by a voluntary sea defense and to use them for the privateer war .

The regulations for the Navy of the North German Confederation were adopted for the Imperial Navy in 1871 . Because of the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty , the sea defense was dissolved after the end of the First World War .

Situation in other countries

In many other countries there were also sea defense organizations in the 19th and 20th centuries, for example in Greece, the Netherlands , Russia , Sweden and Austria-Hungary .

In Denmark there is still a naval home guard ( Marinehjemmeværnet ). Their tasks include the monitoring of fairways and the environment as well as sea rescue.

Individual evidence

  1. Law on Obligation to Do Military Service of November 13, 1867 on Wikisource
  2. ↑ Letter of Insurance . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 10, p. 111.
  3. (Neu-G .: Navy, Wappen etc .; geograph. Literature; history) Greece (Neu-G .: Navy, Wappen etc .; geograph. Literature; history) . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 7, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 705.
  4. Netherlands . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 19, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 676.
  5. Russian Army . In: Brockhaus Konversations-Lexikon 1894–1896, Volume 14, p. 63.
  6. (Sea power, coat of arms, flag, order etc .; history) Sweden (sea power, coat of arms, flag, order etc .; history) . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 14, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 709.
  7. Army. Navy Austro-Hungarian Army. Navy . In: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon . 4th edition. Volume 12, Verlag des Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig / Vienna 1885–1892, p. 745.
  8. ^ Official website of the Heimwehr ( Memento from March 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Danish)