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    SMS Mainz was a Kolberg-class light cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during the First World War. She had three sister ships, SMS Kolberg...
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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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    ordered the light cruisers SMS Stettin and Frauenlob to defend the destroyers. The light cruisers SMS Mainz moored on the Ems, SMS Strassburg, Cöln, Ariadne...
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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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    Franz von Hipper, with Germany losing light cruisers SMS Mainz, Cöln and Ariadne, and destroyer SMS V187 along with 1,200 casualties, including Rear Admiral...
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  • (1897) SMS Hansa (1898) Russian cruiser Bogatyr (1901) SMS Hamburg (1902) SMS Lübeck (1903) SMS Stettin (1906) SMS Mainz (1908) SMS Breslau (1910) SMS Wiesbaden...
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    First World War, the lead ship of her class. She had three sister ships, SMS Mainz, Cöln, and Augsburg. She was built by the Schichau-Werke; her hull was...
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    Admiral Sampson, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Magdeburg 28 Aug: SMS Ariadne, SMS Cöln, SMS Mainz, SMS V187 31 Aug: Shirotae Other incidents 5 Aug:...
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    Admiral Sampson, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Magdeburg 28 Aug: SMS Ariadne, SMS Cöln, SMS Mainz, SMS V187 31 Aug: Shirotae Other incidents 5 Aug:...
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    Wolfgang von Tirpitz, was taken prisoner of war after the sinking of SMS Mainz in the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914. Ilse married diplomat...
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    Kapitän zur See Friedrich Tiesmeyer was in command of the light cruiser SMS Mainz (October 1909 – January 1910) of the Imperial Navy, at that time holding...
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    breaking her in two. 90 of those aboard were lost. 90 Navy 1914  Germany SMS Mainz – On 28 August, in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, the German cruiser...
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    (Imperial Navy) during the First World War. She had three sister ships, SMS Kolberg, Mainz, and Augsburg. She was built by the Germaniawerft in Kiel; her hull...
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    the destroyer HMS Lurcher. He went alongside the sinking German cruiser SMS Mainz and picked up 220 survivors, including the son of Grand-Admiral Tirpitz...
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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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    SMS Magdeburg ("His Majesty's Ship Magdeburg") was a lead ship of the Magdeburg class of light cruisers in the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy)...
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    SMS Zenta was the lead ship of the Zenta class of protected cruisers built for the Austro-Hungarian Navy in the late 1890s. The class included two other...
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    1914, where she was credited with torpedoing the German light cruiser SMS Mainz. Lydiard also took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, where she formed...
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    Seekadett and completed his training aboard the SMS Victoria Louise. During World War I he was serving on SMS Mainz, which sank during the Battle of Helgoland...
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    Admiral Sampson, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Magdeburg 28 Aug: SMS Ariadne, SMS Cöln, SMS Mainz, SMS V187 31 Aug: Shirotae Other incidents 5 Aug:...
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    war, Amphion and her destroyers encountered and sank a German minelayer, SMS Königin Luise, but not before she had laid many of her mines. While returning...
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    Admiral Sampson, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Magdeburg 28 Aug: SMS Ariadne, SMS Cöln, SMS Mainz, SMS V187 31 Aug: Shirotae Other incidents 5 Aug:...
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    attacking the cruisers Lowestoft and Nottingham. After the German cruiser SMS Mainz was heavily damaged and disabled, Commodore Goodenough ordered his ships...
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    SMS V187 was a S-138-class large torpedo boat of the Imperial German Navy. She was built by the AG Vulcan shipyard at Stettin between 1910 and 1911 and...
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    battlecruisers turned south at 11:35, right after the 1st DF became embroiled with SMS Mainz. Without Fearless in close support, things looked bad for the British...
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  • Admiral Sampson, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Magdeburg 28 Aug: SMS Ariadne, SMS Cöln, SMS Mainz, SMS V187 31 Aug: Shirotae Other incidents 5 Aug:...
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    Admiral Sampson, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Magdeburg 28 Aug: SMS Ariadne, SMS Cöln, SMS Mainz, SMS V187 31 Aug: Shirotae Other incidents 5 Aug:...
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  • Thumbnail for HMS Firedrake (1912)
    attacking the cruisers Lowestoft and Nottingham. After the German cruiser Mainz was heavily damaged and disabled, Commodore Goodenough ordered his ships...
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    Admiral Sampson, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Magdeburg 28 Aug: SMS Ariadne, SMS Cöln, SMS Mainz, SMS V187 31 Aug: Shirotae Other incidents 5 Aug:...
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    Admiral Sampson, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, SMS Magdeburg 28 Aug: SMS Ariadne, SMS Cöln, SMS Mainz, SMS V187 31 Aug: Shirotae Other incidents 5 Aug:...
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