From which navy was the cruiser "Reina Mercedes" captured by the USA in 1898?
USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25) USS "Reina Mercedes" (IX-25) was an unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy which was captured in Cuba in 1898 by the U.S. Navy during the Spanish–American War. She was refurbished and used by the U.S. Navy as a non-self-propelled receiving ship at Newport, Rhode Island, and subsequently as a detention vessel and barracks ship for the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, until 1957.
North German Federal Navy The North German Federal Navy ("Norddeutsche Bundesmarine" or "Marine des Norddeutschen Bundes"), was the Navy of the North German Confederation, formed out of the Prussian Navy in 1867. It was eventually succeeded by the Imperial German Navy in 1871.