Jul and Oct 1990 - Navy League of Australia

GERMANY'S SEEADLER
— continued
GERMANY'S SEEADLER
— continued
Atlantic waters To accomplish her new role
(he 4,500 ton SEEADLER was armed with
two lOSmm guns, which could he hidden
from approaching ships. She earned a crew
of M officers and men and was powered by
an auxiliary diesel for 9 knots. Her three tall
masts earned 21 sails.
At the close of 1916 SEEADLER sailed
from the Atlantic with Felix. Graf von
Luckner in command. On 25 December the
ship was stopped and searched by the British
auxiliary PATIA. but allowed to continue.
SEEADLER proceeded south to Brazil,
sinking two merchantmen enroutc. During
the next eight weeks the raider took nine
ships and accepted many prisoners. Using a
captured French barque, von Luckner rid
himself of the unwanted crews, who made
their way to Brazil.
On 19 April, 1917 SEEADLER sailed
around Cape Horn, to begin cruising along
the coast of Chile to latitude 35 degrees
south. Subsequently the raider made for the
north-west, crossing the equator in June.
During both June and July she captured
three American inter-island trading vessels.
Crew health, fiad by now become critical.
Little or no fresh provisions remained and
some of the crew were suffering from
scurvy. Von Luckner headed towards the
Society Islands for some rest from raider
activities, a period during which
SEEADLER have captured or sunk 16 ships,
totalling 30.100 gross ions.
However, after a few days at the island
the ship was struck by a slonn jnd grounded
on the island's reef. SEEADLERS crew
took to the ships' boats and headed for an
adjacent island. Later they commandeered
an island schooner, but despite their best
efforts all personnel were finally captured,
being interned for the remainder of the war.
SEEADLER — Ships Data
4.500 tons, length 83.5m. beam 11.8m.
draught 5.5m. one auxiliary diesel. 900 bhp,
single shaft, two 105mm guns.
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