Marine-Regatta-Verein

The Marine-Regatta-Verein (MRV), "Naval Regatta Union", is a yacht club of the German Navy.

It was established as the "Marine-Regatta-Verein" (Regatta Union of the Navy), an association exclusively for military personnel in order "to foster the joy of sailing".

[1] In 1891 the 500 naval officers that ran the club elected Emperor Wilhelm II as their commodore.

[2] In August 1928, most of the active naval officers left the Kaiserlicher Yachtclub and revived the Marine-Regatta-Verein, as an organization attached to the German navy, which became the Kriegsmarine during Nazi times.

In 1945, at the end of World War II, the Marine-Regatta-Verein was disbanded by the allied forces in Kiel.