SMS Kaiser Barbarossa with of armor plating, and the secondary casemates received of armor protection. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Emperor of Germany, believed that a strong navy was necessary for the country to expand its influence outside continental Europe. As a result, he initiated a program of naval expansion in the late 1880s; the first battleships built under this program were the four "Brandenburg"-class ships. These were immediately followed by the five "Kaiser Friedrich III"-class battleships, of which "Kaiser Barbarossa" was a member. "Kaiser Barbarossa"s keel was laid down on 3 August 1898, at the Schichau-Werke in Danzig, under construction number 640. She
Ernst Kaiser text. Even then their efforts were unsuccessful. Ingrid Bacher returned to Germany, and Ernst Kaiser and his wife moved in 1966 to the UK. Kaiser Eithne Wilkins received in spring 1968 as a professor at the University of Reading. Kaiser was appointed Honorary Research Fellow and directed with his wife, the Robert Musil Research Unit at the University. Ingrid Bacher, the emperor remained in contact corresponded. Disappeared estate On 1 January 1972 Ernst Kaiser died in Reading. Just two years later, in late 1974, also died Eithne Wilkins Kaiser. Shortly thereafter reported to Ingrid Bacher, the former assistant of Kaiser-Wilkins