The High Seas Fleet (MastahCheef117) was a sub branch of the German Kaiserliche Marine, the naval branch of the German Empire. Established in 1899, the High Seas Fleet contained the majority of Germany's surface warships, as well as almost all of its heavy capital ships, namely its battleships and battle cruisers. The High Seas Fleet was the most renowned naval group of the Kaiserliche Marine, and rightfully so. At its height, the fleet included almost four dozen battleships and one dozen battle cruisers. They contested control of the Baltic Sea several times with the Russian Navy and fought in many major engagements against both the French and British navies, both of which which contained a comparable and formidable fleet of capital ships.