SMS Hansa (1898)
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SMS Hansa was a protected cruiser of the Victoria Louise class, built for the German Imperial Navy in the 1890s, along with her sister ships Victoria Louise, Hertha, Vineta, and Freya. Hansa was laid
SMS Hansa after her refit
Hansa in drydock at AG Vulcan
Hansa early in her career
Lithograph of Hansa in 1902
East Asia Squadron
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The German East Asia Squadron was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the mid-1890s until 1914, when it was destroyed at the Battle of the Falkl
SMS Hansa (1898)
…cruisers proved to be disappointing in some ways, they marked the beginning of a decade of German cruiser construction. Hansa served abroad in the East Asia Squadron for the first six years of her career, and during the first few years of this deployment, she served as the deputy commander's flagship. She saw action…
The East Asia Squadron (in the rear, under steam) leaving Valparaíso harbour in Chile, with Chilean Navy cruisers in the foreground
SMS Hertha with only two funnels as a training ship after her time in China
Men of the squadron ashore in Batavia on 27 January 1913
Scharnhorst (prewar postcard)