Friedrich der Grosse (spelled Große in German) is the German name for Frederick the Great, a ruler of Prussia. It is also the name of a number of German-built ships, namely:
- SMS Friedrich der Grosse (1911): A battleship with 24,700 ton displacement
- SMS Friedrich der Große (1874): An armored frigate with 6,800 ton displacement
- Friedrich der Große (1896): A civilian passenger ship with 10,500 ton displacement
- German battleship Friedrich der Grosse: An unfinished battleship of the H class
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Famous quotes containing the words friedrich and/or der:
“It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)
“Under the lindens on the heather,
There was our double resting-place.”
—Walther Von Der Vogelweide (1170?–1230?)