SS Libau
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SS Libau was a merchant steam ship. In 1916 she was disguised with the identity of a Norwegian vessel named the SS Aud in an attempt to carry arms from Germany to Ireland as part of the preparation fo
Model of the vessel, painted in its false identity, displayed at the Cork Public Museum
Karl Spindler was an Imperial German Navy officer who was involved in an arms smuggling operation intended to equip the Irish nationalists planning the Easter Rising of 1916.
SS Libau
…similar outline. Masquerading as SS Aud, Libau set sail from the Baltic port of Lübeck on 9 April 1916, manned by a crew of 22 men under the command of Karl Spindler, bound for the south-west coast of Ireland. Libau, laden with an estimated 20,000 rifles, 1,000,000 rounds of ammunition, 10 machine guns, and explosives…
Karl Spindler naval officer