Mediterranean Division
| Mediterranean Division Mittelmeerdivision | |
|---|---|
The battlecruiser Goeben after arriving in the Bosporus. | |
| Active | 1912 – 2 November 1918 |
| Disbanded | 2 November 1918 |
| Country | German Empire |
| Branch | Imperial German Navy |
| Type | Naval fleet |
| Size | 2 ships + SMS Lorely |
| Engagements | Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau(4 – 10 August 1914), Battle of Imbros (20 January 1918) |
| Commanders | |
| First commander (3 September 1914- 24 August 1917) | Wilhlem Souchon |
| Second and Last commander (24 August 1917- 3 November 1918) | Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz |
The Mediterranean Division (German: Mittelmeerdivision) was a division consisting of the battlecruiser SMS Goeben and the light cruiser SMS Breslau of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the early 1910s. It was established in response to the First Balkan War and saw action during the First World War. It was disbanded after the ships were transferred to the Ottoman Empire four years after their pursuit by the British battlecruisers Indomitable and Indefatigable and light cruisers Dublin and Gloucester.