Nauruan Civil War
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The Nauruan Civil War was fought from 1878 to 1888, between forces loyal to incumbent King Aweida of Nauru and those seeking to depose him in favour of a rival claimant. The war was preceded by the in
Photo of a Nauruan warrior in the Nauruan Civil War around 1880 wearing traditional battle armour.
SMS Eber in 1887
SMS Eber (1887)
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SMS Eber was a steam gunboat built for the German Kaiserliche Marine in the 1880s, the only ship of her class. Intended to serve abroad, the ship was ordered as part of a construction program intended
Nauruan Civil War
…administration of the island. Germany annexed the island on 16 April 1888, banning both alcohol and firearms. On October 1 of that year, the German gunboat SMS Eber, with 87 men, anchored off the coast of Nauru. The armed German seamen met with Harris and returned with the first European settlers, as well as a…
Fragment of Eber's bow on the beach of Apia after the cyclone