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[quote user="54light15"] Maybe the Kaiser was referring to ocean liners? I also heard that he wanted sea water to spray the carriages of the Hamburg trains. He did build up Germany as more of a seafaring nation, likely jealous of the Brits. I read somewhere else that he toured a British liner, stood on the bridge and told an aide "We've got to get some of these, " and so approved funding for the Imperator, Vaterland and Bismarck.   <div style="clear:both;"></div> [/quote] I am sorry, wrong again [:'(] Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven were the key ports for those big ocean liners, as the Hamburg port at that time was not a deep water facility. From the port of Hamburg, it is  a100 mile journey until you hit salt water ...
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