SMS Möwe ([ˈmøːvə]; German: Seagull) was a merchant raider of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I. Disguised...
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been named SMS Möwe: SMS Möwe (1879), a German gunboat launched in 1879 SMS Möwe (1906), a German survey vessel launched in 1906 SMS Möwe (1907), an Austro-Hungarian...
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Möwe, a 1926 torpedo boat built for the German Navy Ostfriesische Möwe, a German breed of domestic chicken SMS Möwe (1879), a German gunboat SMS Möwe (1914)...
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passenger ferry SMS Möwe (1914) or Oldenburg, a German cargo ship and auxiliary cruiser SMS Oldenburg, a World War I battleship SMS Oldenburg (1884)...
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SMS Planet was a survey ship of the Kaiserliche Marine. Her sister-ship was the SMS Möwe. Planet was built by AG Weser in Bremen, launched on 2 August...
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SMS D8 (Leader) SMS T25 SMS T29 SMS T31 SMS T33 SMS T34 SMS T35 SMS T36 SMS T37 SMS T40 SMS T41 SMS T71 SMS T72 SMS T73 Minelayers SMS Nautilus SMS Albatross...
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I (1914–1918), and again early in World War II (1939–1945). The captain of a German merchant raider, Felix von Luckner, used the sailing ship SMS Seeadler...
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and armed merchantman, renamed SMS Mowe, and placed under Dohna's command. Through his success as commander of the Möwe, Dohna and his crew became popular...
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Rufiji Delta, which had recently been surveyed by the survey ship Möwe. On 3 September 1914 at high tide, Königsberg passed over the bar at the mouth of the...
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SMS Von der Tann was the first battlecruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), as well as Germany's first major turbine-powered...
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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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SMS Helgoland, the lead ship of her class, was a dreadnought battleship of the German Imperial Navy. Helgoland's design represented an incremental improvement...
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action against the heavily-armed German commerce raider SMS Möwe. They managed to set the Möwe on fire and inflicted significant damage before the Otaki...
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(1905–1909) SMS Kaiman SMS Anaconda SMS Alligator SMS Krokodil SMS Wal SMS Seehund SMS Delphin SMS Narwal SMS Hai SMS Möwe SMS Schwalbe SMS Pinguin SMS Drache...
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Maximilian von Spee (category 1914 deaths)
Leutnant zur See (lieutenant at sea), and was assigned to the gunboat SMS Möwe, which was sent to western Africa. During this voyage, the Germans signed...
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loss is also notable because although the merchant raider SMS Möwe sank her, Otaki damaged Möwe enough to force her attacker to return to port, ending her...
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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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SMS Hyäne was the second member of the Wolf class of steam gunboats built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) in the 1870s. The ship was...
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south-east of Newfoundland, she was intercepted by the German merchant raider SMS Möwe which was disguised as a Swedish merchant ship. After the crew of 142 were...
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SMS Seeadler ("His Majesty's Ship Sea Eagle") was an unprotected cruiser of the Bussard class, the third member of a class of six ships built by the German...
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struck a naval mine that had been laid by the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Möwe. Attempts to tow King Edward VII to port failed when she took on a dangerous...
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First World War he served on the battlecruiser SMS Moltke, the light cruiser SMS Stralsund and the SMS Möwe. He later served as a staff officer on Torpedo...
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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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Action of 16 March 1917 (section SMS Leopard)
put into service as SMS Leopard and the new captain, Korvettenkapitän Hans von Laffert, sailed in early March 1917 to relieve Möwe. The British Northern...
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both sides, sank the German auxiliary cruiser SMS Cap Trafalgar near the Brazilian island of Trindade in 1914. By coincidence, Cap Trafalgar was disguised...
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participated in the unsuccessful searches for the German commerce raider SMS Möwe in 1916–17 before beginning to escort convoys later that year. The ship...
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for the West African Coast and set sail for West Africa in the gunboat SMS Möwe. The year 1884 marks the beginning of actual German colonial acquisitions...
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SS Storstad (category Maritime incidents in May 1914)
employed as an ore and coal carrier doing tramp trade during her career. In May 1914 she accidentally rammed and sank the ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland,...
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SMS Posen was one of four battleships in the Nassau class, the first dreadnoughts built for the German Imperial Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). The ship was...
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Togoland (category States and territories disestablished in 1914)
territory along the Slave Coast on the Bight of Benin. With the small gunboat SMS Möwe at anchor, the imperial flag was raised for the first time on the African...
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