in 1899. In 1901, Falke was transferred to the American Station, and the following year she took part in the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–03, during which...
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SS Oldenburg (1936) (redirect from Schiff 35)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 35. She was torpedoed and sunk in April 1940. The ship was 289 feet 9 inches...
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68 (1902) "Eine Seele" (Jacobovsky) "Unterwgs" (Boelitz) "Märchenland" (Evers) "Engelwacht" (Muth) "Nachtseele" (Evers) "An die Geliebte" (Falke) Ten...
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German minesweeper Sperrbrecher 18 (redirect from Schiff 40)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 40 and later Sperrbrecher 18. Severely damaged in an Allied air raid on...
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List of ships of the Imperial German Navy (redirect from Seiner Majestaet Schiff)
1888 Bussard class (1,650 tons, 8 x 10.5 cm guns) SMS Bussard, 1890 SMS Falke, 1891 SMS Seeadler, 1892 SMS Cormoran, 1892 SMS Condor, 1892 SMS Geier,...
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SS Wandrahm (1927) (redirect from Schiff 4)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War, serving as Schiff 4, V 1801 Wandrahm and V 6114 Eismeer. Post-war, she was allocated to the...
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German trawler V 602 Richard C. Krogmann (redirect from German minesweeper M 1902)
Kriegsmarine. Designated as a minesweeper, she was allocated the pennant number M 1902. On 1 June 1940, she was redesignated as a vorpostenboot. She was allocated...
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SS Nerissa (1936) (redirect from Schiff 20)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 20. She was torpedoed and sunk in 1944. Nerissa was 70.84 metres (232 ft...
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SS Dr. Heinrich Wiegand (1938) (redirect from Schiff 12)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 12. She was sunk in September 1944 but was raised post-war and returned...
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intended for service as a commerce raider. Known to the Kriegsmarine as Schiff 45, to the Royal Navy she was named Raider B. After completing one successful...
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V 104 Falke was a German-built cargo ship which was converted into an auxiliary warship for the Kriegsmarine as a Vorpostenboot and then Sperrbrecher...
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SS Jupiter (Ropner, 1895) (redirect from Schiff 1)
was captured by the Kriegsmarine during World War II and was designated Schiff 1. She survived the war and was scrapped in 1949. The ship was 275 feet...
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SS Birka (1937) (redirect from Schiff 8)
use as a hospital ship. Allocated to 5 Vorpostengruppe and designated as "Schiff 8", she served in Norwegian waters. On 1 June 1943, she struck a mine and...
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previous to the first important production by Luca della Robbia in 1438… Falke, Jacob (1869). "The Workshop, Vol II, No. 10, p. 148". London: The Workshop...
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German trawler V 607 Düsseldorf (redirect from Schiff 13)
1940, Düsseldorf was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine and designated as Schiff 13. She scheduled to take part in Unternehmen Seelöwe. On 23 August, she...
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trials. Bremen was built by the new German shipbuilding company Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau. She was built from 7,000 tons of high-strength steel...
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with taking Mata'afa into exile on Jaluit Atoll. The unprotected cruiser Falke, which had been assigned to German Southwest Africa, was ordered to replace...
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Kaiser, Deutschland, and the turret ship Preussen, along with the aviso Falke. During the cruise, the ships visited various ports in the Aegean Sea and...
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German trawler V 317 Wega (redirect from Schiff 7 Wega)
requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine in the Second World War initially service as Schiff 7 and later as a Vorpostenboot, serving as V 317 Wega. Returned to her owners...
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for 72,000 gold marks in 1902, and was towed to Hamburg to be broken up that year. "SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship"...
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War II 1 Vorpostenflotille V 101 Schwan V 102 Cressida V 103 Sylvia V 104 Falke V 105 Cremon V 106 Phönix V 107 Botilla Russ V 108 Friedrich Karl V 108...
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War II 1 Vorpostenflotille V 101 Schwan V 102 Cressida V 103 Sylvia V 104 Falke V 105 Cremon V 106 Phönix V 107 Botilla Russ V 108 Friedrich Karl V 108...
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early 1910s, having been replaced by the newer light cruisers. Bussard and Falke were scrapped in 1912, but the rest continued on in secondary roles. Of...
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War II 1 Vorpostenflotille V 101 Schwan V 102 Cressida V 103 Sylvia V 104 Falke V 105 Cremon V 106 Phönix V 107 Botilla Russ V 108 Friedrich Karl V 108...
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War II 1 Vorpostenflotille V 101 Schwan V 102 Cressida V 103 Sylvia V 104 Falke V 105 Cremon V 106 Phönix V 107 Botilla Russ V 108 Friedrich Karl V 108...
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War II 1 Vorpostenflotille V 101 Schwan V 102 Cressida V 103 Sylvia V 104 Falke V 105 Cremon V 106 Phönix V 107 Botilla Russ V 108 Friedrich Karl V 108...
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Station with the East Asia Division. In July 1893, she and her sister ship Falke assisted in the suppression of a local revolt led by Mata'afa Iosefo in...
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War II 1 Vorpostenflotille V 101 Schwan V 102 Cressida V 103 Sylvia V 104 Falke V 105 Cremon V 106 Phönix V 107 Botilla Russ V 108 Friedrich Karl V 108...
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Renaissance Revival style with a tower. It was sold in 1942 to Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau and when the company was broken up into its constituent...
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