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to protect the coastal telegraph line there. By mid-December, she had returned to Dar es Salaam, before proceeding to Kilwa on 17 January 1906. The cruiser was back in Dar es Salaam on 24 January. Another overhaul at Cape Town followed from 10 February to 16 March. By this time, the situation in East
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remained in East Africa for the next nine years, returning to
Germany finally in January 1914. She had spent over thirteen years abroad since her 1899 modernization, the longest period of continuous overseas service of any major German warship. After arriving in Germany, she was decommissioned. She
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was to continue on to the
Pacific, but the latter remained in the area temporarily to strengthen the German naval force in the region. This was done both to observe the damage to German economic interests in Moçambique and as a show of force to prevent British encroachment on
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departed East Africa for the last time, bound for
Germany. She had spent nearly thirteen and a half years abroad, the longest uninterrupted period of overseas service of any major German warship. Her replacement, her sister
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on 18 January 1900 in response to the murder of
European businessmen by natives there. Starting on 30 January, she took a cruise to tour the German holdings in the area that lasted for several weeks. Stops included the
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quick-firing (QF) guns in single pedestal mounts, supplied with 800 rounds of ammunition in total. They had a range of 10,800 m (35,400 ft). Two guns were placed side by side forward, two on each
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in March and early April. On 18 April, she was back in Dar es Salaam. Another period of dockyard repairs followed from 12 to 26 September, this time in Bombay. The rest of 1908 continued uneventfully for
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thereafter returned to East Asia and resumed her patrols of
Chinese harbors, though during this period she also visited Japanese harbors as well. These duties lasted until the end of 1902. During
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stopped in Aden on 22 January, and arrived in Kiel on 18 March. She was then moved to Danzig and decommissioned. On 6 May 1914, she was reclassified as a gunboat. After the outbreak of
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again returned to Cape Town for an overhaul before being ordered to return to
Germany on 3 May. She left Dar es Salaam three days later and arrived in Aden on 31 May. There she met
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first voyage across the
Atlantic. The ships left Kiel on 25 March, but due to a mistaken estimate for the amount of coal that would be necessary to cross the Atlantic,
441:, where she was stationed until 1898. She returned to Germany briefly for a modernization in 1898–1899, before being assigned to the South Seas Station in
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484:. On 19 April 1917, her cargo of mines exploded and destroyed the ship, though there were no casualties. Her wreck was never raised for scrapping.
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was armed with a main battery of eight 10.5-centimeter (4.1 in) guns and had a top speed of 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph).
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into the
Transvaal in December 1895 threatened some 15,000 German nationals in the Transvaal, along with the investment of 500 million
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in suppressing a local rebellion. The ship was tasked with interrupting the shipment of weapons from
British arms dealers to the rebels.
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returned to Kiel on 26 June, and she was placed out of service on 9 July for a major overhaul in Danzig. The work was done at the
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nevertheless remained in the region, and was formally assigned to the East Africa
Station in early 1907. In October 1907, then-
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was detached from the East Asia Squadron, permitting her return to the South Seas Station. While en route to her station area,
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was again called to Lourenço Marques after the German consul Graf von Pfeil was attacked by Portuguese colonial police.
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was meanwhile detached from East Africa and allowed to continue to the Pacific. The rest of the year was uneventful for
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727:(Captain) Aschmann, gave the launching speech. She was completed by 27 June 1892, when she was commissioned into the
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outside Wilhelmshaven. The explosion destroyed the ship, but there were no casualties; her wreck was never raised.
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in late 1890, launched in February 1892, and commissioned in August of that year. Intended for colonial service,
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s operations in China, her crew suffered only one casualty from enemy action. On 2 January 1903, her sister
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underwent another overhaul at Cape Town. She thereafter proceeded to German South-West Africa, stopping in
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was recalled to Qingdao to be prepared for any possible hostilities involving Germany. During this period,
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evacuated the civilians and took them to Zanzibar, where they arrived on 15 November. During this period,
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since she was no longer fit for active service. She was towed to Wilhelmshaven and anchored in the outer
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on 27–28 October to force restitution from the Moroccan government for damage to German interests.
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was sent from the South Seas Station to assist in the Western suppression of the Boxers. She arrived in
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was back in service by May, and on 18 May she departed Bombay, arriving in East Africa on 31 May.
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in August 1914, being too old to be of any fighting value. She was instead used as a mine storage
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nevertheless remained in East Africa while tensions cooled. In mid-February 1896, she went to
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1310:Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory
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2219:The United Service Magazine
2198:Sondhaus, Lawrence (1997).
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1981:, pp. 151, 154.
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502:Illustration of the
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1663:On 9 January 1914,
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1298:the previous year,
1143:Khalid bin Barghash
1019:. In January 1895,
964:was transferred to
455:Maji-Maji Rebellion
337:unprotected cruiser
153:unprotected cruiser
21:SMS Seeadler (1888)
1733:His Majesty's Ship
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1413:in February 1904,
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1314:East Asia Squadron
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1920:, pp. 97–98.
1458:Dutch East Indies
1446:. In early 1905,
1255:Admiralty Islands
1191:Kaiserliche Werft
1047:Kaiserliche Werft
998:was to reinforce
966:German New Guinea
871:. There, she met
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733:Kaiser Wilhelm II
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443:German New Guinea
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398:Kaiserliche Werft
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118:Commissioned
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1692:naval mines
1684:World War I
1609:pulled the
1563:Hugo Meurer
1454:Philippines
1242: 1899
1013:Delagoa Bay
742:Kaiseradler
712:Kaiseradler
582:1,612
474:World War I
223:2,800
2781:1892 ships
2765:Categories
2707:March 1917
2543:HMHS
2481:HMHS
2472:Torrington
2430:Shipwrecks
2012:References
1755:Nottelmann
1588:Walvis Bay
1402:, outside
1296:Qing China
1124:Swakopmund
1075:gold marks
1025:took over
950:Moçambique
805:Columbus's
754:sea trials
752:began her
570:and had a
451:Qing China
335:") was an
284:9 officers
279:Complement
238:Propulsion
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2631:HMS
2582:SMS
2575:SMS
2554:SMS
2526:HMS
2515:USS
2510:Cameronia
2492:HMS
2462:Maplewood
2457:scuttling
2450:SMS
2364:SMS
2153:723657282
2145:0035-9289
2116:723657282
2108:0035-9289
1743:Citations
1711:Footnotes
1696:roadstead
1632:HMS
1622:Quelimane
1568:In 1908,
1500:Singapore
1462:Indonesia
1284:, aboard
1095:Cape Town
1017:Transvaal
775:Seedadler
746:instead.
695:sea eagle
644:broadside
637:of eight
596:full load
588:long tons
580:displaced
362:lead ship
333:Sea Eagle
179:Full load
173:long tons
102:Laid down
86:Sea eagle
2720:May 1917
2661:28 Apr:
2651:17 Apr:
2644:Melampus
2640:16 Apr:
2633:Veronica
2629:14 Apr:
2598:28 Apr:
2589:SM
2573:21 Apr:
2566:Malakand
2563:20 Apr:
2556:Seeadler
2552:19 Apr:
2545:Lanfranc
2535:17 Apr:
2524:16 Apr:
2504:Arcadian
2490:11 Apr:
2479:10 Apr:
2452:Cormoran
2356:Schwalbe
2333:Cormoran
2319:Seeadler
2021:(1990).
1955:Sundries
1858:Sondhaus
1767:Sondhaus
1679:Seeadler
1666:Seeadler
1652:Seeadler
1649:visited
1627:Seeadler
1615:SS
1613:steamer
1606:Seeadler
1600:Seeadler
1583:Seeadler
1571:Seeadler
1550:Seeadler
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