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
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
Karl von Müller
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Karl Friedrich Max von Müller was a German naval officer who was the captain of a commerce raider, the light cruiser SMS Emden during the First World War.
SMS Emden
…Emden spent the majority of her career overseas in the East Asia Squadron, based in Qingdao, in the Jiaozhou Bay Leased Territory in China. In 1913, Karl von Müller took command of the ship. At the outbreak of World War I, Emden captured a Russian steamer and converted her into the commerce raider Cormoran. Emden…
Kapitan v. Müller Street in Hanover