Title
Magic lantern slide WW1
Caption
Magic lantern slide WW1, 1914-1918, World war one images,SMS Möwe (German: Seagull) was a merchant raider of the Imperial German Navy which operated against Allied shipping during World War I.Disguised as a neutral cargo ship to enable it to get close to targets, the Möwe was effective at commerce raiding, sinking several ships in the course of the war. Built by the Joh. C. Tecklenborg yard at Geestemünde, she was launched as the freighter Pungo in 1914 and operated by the Afrikanische Fruchtkompanie for F. Laeisz of Hamburg. After an uneventful career carrying cargoes of bananas from the German colony of Kamerun to Germany she was requisitioned by the Imperial German Navy for use as a minelayer. Her conversion took place at Imperial shipyard at Wilhelmshaven in the autumn of 1915, and under the command of Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, she entered service on 1 November that year. The most successful German Raider in either the First or Second World Wars.
Date
20th century
Credit line
Photo12/UIG/Design Pics/John Short
Reference
UMG20B22_448
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
License type
Rights managed
Available size
61,7Mb (4,7Mb) / 18,3in x 13,1in / 5500 x 3919 (300dpi)