Editing Prussian Navy (section)

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| dates = 1701–1867
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| battles = [[Pomeranian War]],<br/>[[Napoleonic Wars]],<br/>[[First Schleswig War]],<br/>[[Second Schleswig War]],<br/>[[Austro-Prussian War]]
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| identification_symbol = [[File:War Ensign of Prussia (1816).svg|border|200px]]
| identification_symbol_label = Naval ensign (1816–1819)
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| identification_symbol_2_label = Naval ensign (1819–1850)
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The '''Prussian Navy''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Preußische Marine''), officially the '''Royal Prussian Navy''' ([[German Language|German]]: ''Königlich Preußische Marine''), was the [[naval force]] of the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] from 1701 to 1867.

The Prussian Navy was created in 1701 from the former [[Brandenburg Navy]] upon the dissolution of [[Brandenburg-Prussia]], the [[personal union]] of Brandenburg and Prussia under the [[House of Hohenzollern]], after the elevation of [[Frederick I of Prussia|Frederick I]] from [[Duke of Prussia]] to [[King in Prussia]]. The Prussian Navy fought in several wars but was active mainly as a [[merchant navy]] throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, as Prussia's military consistently concentrated on the [[Prussian Army]]. The Prussian Navy was dissolved in 1867 when Prussia joined the [[North German Confederation]], and its naval forces were absorbed into the [[North German Federal Navy]].