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The Prussian Naval Academy was the naval academy of the Prussian Navy ==Foundation== The training of officers for the Prussian Navy started with the foundation of the ''Navigationsschulen'' in Danzig in 1817, although there were other similar schools in the first half of the nineteenth century at Memel, Königsberg, Stettin and Stralsund.〔Seeoffizieranwärter – ihre Ausbildung von 1848 bis heute, Karl Hinrich Peter, 2009, pp.12-13 http://www.pkgodzik.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Geschichte_und_Politik〕 Under the leadership of King Wilhelm III, and the Minister of Finance Hans von Bülow, the Prussian Cabinet ordered on 20 June 1817 the creation of a navigation school for the building and training of officers for seagoing vessels. This first Prussian school of this kind started in Danzig (today Gdansk in Poland) at the St. Jacob Church, where a tower was built as an observatory. The maintenance of the school came from the revenues of the port of Danzig, and it was supervised by a group of merchants, ship owners and ship captains (such as Johann Diedrich Longé) under the city senate. The first director was a Dr. Tobiesen, who proved capable but only stayed a few years. Already in the first year there were 40 students who mainly studied navigation but also did occasional "military maneuvers" on the schooner of war ''Stralsund'' - under Captain Longé.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prussian Naval Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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