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    SMS Cormoran or SMS Cormoran II was a German armed merchant raider that was originally a German-built Russian merchant vessel named Ryazan. The ship was...
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  • have been known as SMS Cormoran: SMS Cormoran (1892), an unprotected cruiser built by the German Kaiserliche Marine SMS Cormoran (1909), a Russian transport...
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    SMS Cormoran ("His Majesty's Ship Cormorant") was an unprotected cruiser of the Bussard class, the fifth member of a class of six ships. She was built...
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    The Scuttling of SMS Cormoran off Guam on April 7, 1917 was the result of the United States entry into World War I and the internment of the German merchant...
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  • may refer to: SMS Cormoran (1892), a light cruiser built by the German Kaiserliche Marine German armed merchant raider SMS Cormoran (1909), a transport...
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  • Russian cargo liner in service 1909–14 that was captured by Imperial Germany and refitted as merchant raider SMS Cormoran (1909) before being scuttled in 1916...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Emden
    captured a Russian steamer and converted her into the commerce raider Cormoran. Emden rejoined the East Asia Squadron, then was detached for independent...
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  • 13°27′33″N 144°39′15″E / 13.45917°N 144.65417°E / 13.45917; 144.65417 (SMS Cormoran (1909)) Kitsugawa Maru  Japan A Japanese merchant freighter sunk by torpedo...
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    Aratama Maru, a WWII Japanese military transport in Talofofo Bay SMS Cormoran (1909), WWI German merchant raider in Apra Harbor Kitsugawa Maru, a WWII...
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    SMS Scharnhorst was an armored cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. She was the lead ship of her...
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  • SMS G39 SMS G40 SMS G41 SMS G42 SMS V43 SMS V44 SMS V45 SMS V46 SMS V47 SMS V48 SMS S49 SMS S50 SMS S51 SMS S52 SMS S53 SMS S54 SMS S55 SMS S56 SMS S57...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Condor
    SMS Condor ("His Majesty's Ship Condor") was an unprotected cruiser of the Imperial German Navy. She was the fourth member of the Bussard class, which...
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    sister ships included Bussard, the lead ship, along with Falke, Condor, Cormoran, and Geier. Seeadler was built at the Kaiserliche Werft (Imperial Shipyard)...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Hansa (1898)
    SMS Hansa was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise-class cruiser, built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) in the 1890s, along with...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Markgraf
    SMS Markgraf was the third dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class. She served in the Imperial German Navy during World War I. The battleship...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Deutschland (1874)
    SMS Deutschland  was the second and final ship of the Kaiser-class ironclads; SMS Kaiser was her sister ship. Named for Germany (Deutschland in German)...
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  • Thumbnail for SMS Kronprinz
    SMS Kronprinz was the last dreadnought battleship of the four-ship König class of the German Imperial Navy. The battleship was laid down in November 1911...
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  • Thumbnail for HMS Cressy (1899)
    North America and West Indies Station before being placed in reserve in 1909. Recommissioned at the start of World War I, she played a minor role in the...
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    HMS Pegasus 22 Sep: HMS Aboukir, HMS Cressy, HMS Hogue, Zélée 28 Sep: SMS Cormoran, SMS Iltis, SMS Luchs 29 Sep: HMS Oceanic Other incidents 8 Sep: HMS Oceanic...
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    1890s and early 1900s. Other ships of the class are SMS Iltis, SMS Tiger, SMS Eber, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther. Luchs was 65.2 meters (214 ft) long overall...
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  • December 2020. Hoppe, Jon (October 1, 2015). "The Destruction of the S.M.S. Cormoran and the First U.S. Shot Fired in World War I". Naval History Blog....
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    the early part of the 20th century. The class comprised SMS Dresden, the lead ship, and SMS Emden. Both ships were laid down in 1906; Dresden was launched...
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  • Thumbnail for SS Lapland
    in Belfast, launching her on 27 June 1908 and completing her on 27 March 1909. She was 605.8 ft (184.6 m) long and had a beam of 70.4 ft (21.5 m). She...
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  • Thumbnail for HMS Speedy (1893)
    by Thornycroft from 1892–1894. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1908–1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. Speedy was sunk by...
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    the remaining seven ships, only Cormoran and Geier remained abroad at the start of World War I in August 1914. Cormoran was stationed in Qingdao, but her...
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    Engineering Co. from 1891–1893. She was converted to a minesweeper in 1908–1909 and continued these duties during the First World War. Jason was sunk by...
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  • Thumbnail for HMS Pathfinder (1904)
    accompanied Leda to Sheerness Dockyard where the gunboat was repaired. In August 1909, Pathfinder, now leader of the 1st Destroyer Flotilla, was under refit at...
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    assigned to the reserve Third Fleet at the Nore the next year. On 26 November 1909 a coal bunker explosion killed two crewmen. The ship received a lengthy refit...
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  • Details of some of these voyages are as follows: Indus was captured by SMS Emden on 10 September 1914, bound from Calcutta to Bombay for use as an Indian...
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    Ortona from Australia to France via Ceylon in August/September 1907. In April 1909, she was transferred to the Royal Mail West Indies service. In 1910, she...
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