Von Der Tann

Von der Tann may refer to:

  • SMS Von der Tann, the Imperial German Navy battlecruiser which served in World War I launched in 1909
  • Von der Tann (gunboat), the first propeller-driven gunboat in the world launched in 1849
  • Ludwig Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen, a Bavarian General who fought in several wars, for whom the SMS Von der Tann was named

Famous quotes containing the words von and/or der:

    “Very few people love others for what they are; rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.”
    —Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749–1832)

    “Under the lindens on the heather,
    There was our double resting-place.”
    —Walther Von Der Vogelweide (1170?–1230?)