Organizing The First German Navy
Following the revolutionary events of 1848, the cry became louder in all German states for the creation of a purely German navy (Deutsche Marine), which was founded on 4 June 1848 as the Reichsflotte. In a letter of July 23, 1848 to Heinrich von Gagern, President of the Frankfurt National Assembly, Brommy offered his help in building up a German fleet. In a reply of November 4, 1848, he was directed by Commerce Minister Duckwitz to come to Frankfurt am Main, where Brommy arrived at the end of the year.
At first, Brommy worked in Maritime Technical Commission of the Assembly's naval department (Marineabteilung). After the department’s head, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, was removed from this position by the King of Prussia, Brommy took over the office.
On March 18, 1849, Brommy became Commander-in-Chief of the North Sea Flotilla with his flagship Barbarossa in Brake, Lower Saxony. The seaport of Brake became at this time the provisional naval base of the first German fleet. Brommy undertook the military fortification of this base by means of the Hamburg flotilla.
In 1849, in Berlin, Brommy published his “Naval Handbook” (Lehrbuch der Marine) – an easy-to-understand manual for educating all levels of seamen.
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