SMS Cormoran (1914)
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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 active in the Pacific Ocean during World War I.
SMS Cormoran
National Park Service illustration of the position of the Cormoran and Tokai Maru wrecks. The drive shaft of Cormoran lies closest to the bottom of the Tokai
Kurt Moraht
SMS Emden
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SMS Emden was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the German Kaiserliche Marine. Named for the town of Emden, she was laid down at the Kaiserliche Werft in Dan
SMS Cormoran (1914)
…merchant vessel named Ryazan. The ship was active in the Pacific Ocean during World War I. Built in 1909, she was captured by the German light cruiser SMS Emden on 4 August 1914 and converted into a raider at the German colony Kiautschou. She was forced to seek port at Apra Harbor on the US territory of Guam…
Emden underway in 1910
Line-drawing of the Dresden class
Emden in Qingdao in early 1914
Karl von Müller, who served as the ship's commanding officer from 1913