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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name               = ''Norddeutsche Bundesmarine'' (NDBM)
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| dates                   = 1867–1871
| country                 = {{flag|North German Confederation}}
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| type                    = [[Navy]]
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| garrison                = 
| battles                 = [[Franco-Prussian War]]
|identification_symbol         = [[File:War_Ensign_of_Germany_1871-1892.svg|200px]]
|identification_symbol_label   = War Ensign (1867–1871)
|identification_symbol_2       = [[File:Flag of North German Confederation (jack).svg|200px]]
|identification_symbol_2_label = Naval Jack (1867-1871)
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The '''''Norddeutsche Bundesmarine''''' or ''Marine des Norddeutschen Bundes'' (English: ''North German Federal Navy''), was the Navy of the [[North German Confederation]], formed out of the [[Prussian Navy]] in 1867. It was eventually succeeded by the [[Kaiserliche Marine]] in 1871.

In the [[Franco-Prussian War|war against France]], in 1870/1871, the navy encountered enemy forces on a few occasions. In general, due to its small size the navy did not play a significant role in the war. On the other hand, for organisational and political reasons the French navy found it difficult to employ its far superior fleet for a landing operation at the Prussian coasts.

==See also==
* [[Marine-Regatta-Verein]]
* [[Navy League (Germany)]]
* [[Reichsflotte]] (''Imperial Fleet'')
* [[Kaiserliche Marine]] (''Imperial German Navy'')
* [[Reichsmarine]] (''Reich Navy'')
* [[Kriegsmarine]] (''War Navy'')
* [[Deutsche Marine]] (''German Navy'')
{{German Navies}}
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1867]]
[[Category:1871 disestablishments]]
[[Category:Naval history of Germany]]
[[Category:Disbanded navies]]
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