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in Kiel for an overhaul in April, after which the squadron was reformed for the 1886 training year. During the fleet maneuvers in August and
September, the ships served as the II Division. On 14 October, the squadron began the winter training cruise, which again went to the West Indies and concluded
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began the voyage back to
Germany, arriving in Kiel on 18 June. She returned to the Training Squadron on 14 August, which during the fleet maneuvers became II Squadron. The annual winter cruise followed on 25 September, this time going to the West Indies and concluding on 22 March 1895.
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from 10 to 20 January 1900, the first time a German warship stopped in the city, before returning to
Germany, arriving in Kiel on 25 March. Several Baltic cruises followed between 25 May and 28 July, and then again from 11 August to 12 September, the latter period including visits to
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Germany, leaving Alexandria on 10 February 1897 and arriving in Wilhelmshaven on 17 March. She then moved to Kiel, and while en route, an accident with one of her anchor chains injured 13 men. She was decommissioned in Kiel on 14 April for repairs.
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remained out of service until 4 April 1907 when she was recommissioned for the last time. She made a cruise in the Baltic, followed by a voyage to South
American waters, which included a visit to Rio de Janeiro and a tour of the West Indies. This proved to be the last time
1738:. The ship returned to Kiel on 21 March 1904. As was typical, a cruise in the Baltic followed on 16 May, after which she went on another cruise to the West Indies and the United States that ended on 17 March 1905. She was decommissioned in Kiel on 31 March for an overhaul.
1011:, Britain where on 15 August she received the order to return to Germany immediately to join the Training Squadron, which was to participate in the annual fleet exercises from 30 August to 23 September. After the conclusion of the maneuvers, she went to the
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on 17 July, but she was able to free herself without incurring any damage. She arrived back in Kiel on 2 August, after which she joined III Division for the annual fleet maneuvers. On 26 September, the winter cruise to the West Indies began, but while in
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in Kiel that lasted approximately five weeks. She then went on a cruise in the Baltic, before departing for another
Mediterranean cruise on 7 August. Stops during this voyage included Fiume, Corfu, and Constantinople; heavy storms forced her to stop in
1558:. She arrived back in Kiel on 30 July. In the second half of August, she served in V Division for the fleet maneuvers, though she left on 3 September for a cruise to the West Indies. While she was in the area, the United States defeated Spain in the
1163:(apprentice seamen). Her rigging was also reduced. On 1 January 1891, she was formally assigned to the list of training ships, and she returned to service on 7 April; the ship's namesake and Wilhelm II attended this recommissioning ceremony.
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on the way to the
Mediterranean. She cruised in the western end of the Mediterranean Sea beginning on 1 January 1903, and arrived back in Kiel on 24 March. A fire broke out aboard the ship on 6 April, necessitating repairs at the
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and later apprentice seamen. The ship served in this capacity from 1885 to 1908, during which time her activity consisted primarily of fleet training exercises and overseas training cruises. These cruises frequently went to the
355:-class corvettes were ordered as part of a major naval construction program in the early 1870s, and she was designed to serve as a fleet scout and on extended tours in Germany's colonial empire.
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had run around and been badly damaged earlier that year. The survey work ended on 18 June, and on 1 August, she began the annual training cruise, which began with visits to
Copenhagen and the
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returned to service on 5 April 1893 and she conducted training in the Baltic Sea, which lasted until 8 June. During this period, she suffered a serious accident on 24 May, when the steamship
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Development of the German Armored Cruiser 1854–1918, Part II: "The Iron-Cruisers"".
1387:, Scotland. She returned to Germany for the annual maneuvers, which lasted from 13 August to 17 September. A week later, she embarked on the winter cruise to the Mediterranean; while in
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was diverted to the coast of Syria in the
Ottoman Empire to protect German interests in the area that were threatened by civil unrest. She was joined in this operation by her sisters
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and continued on to the West Indies, where a conflict between Venezuela and Colombia threatened German economic interests. She left the area on 19 December and proceeded north to
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joined the fleet maneuvers as part of III Division, beginning on 20 August and continuing until 22 September. The winter cruise began on 14 October and went to the Mediterranean.
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embarked on another cruise in the Baltic on 24 May 1899, followed by another cruise to the West Indies on 5 July. This voyage included a tour of South American ports, including
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received the order to return to Germany on 8 July. While passing through the Strait of Magellan, she conducted a survey of coastal waters. On 4 August, she met her replacement,
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threatened Germans in the city. She arrived there on 19 July and remained there until mid-September, when she toured several port cities in Peru over the following two months.
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went to Kiel eight days later for another overhaul. The training year for 1888 was interrupted by the death of Friedrich Wilhelm after just three months on the throne, and
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The training program for 1896 began on 12 May with a cruise in the Baltic, followed by a visit to Britain and Ireland that began on 26 June. While touring the country,
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The ship remained out of service until 5 April 1898, when she was recommissioned; training cruises in the Baltic had to be stopped on 16 June due to an outbreak of
866:. It took more than a week to find a suitable landing site, and on 21 August, the scientists went ashore at what is now known as Moltke Harbor on the north side of
870:, which was named for the ship. They finished unloading their equipment and setting up their housing on 24 August with the help of the crew, and on 3 September,
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class were ordered in the early 1870s to supplement Germany's fleet of cruising warships, which at that time relied on several ships that were twenty years old.
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went to sea; she arrived back in Kiel on 23 March 1908, where she was decommissioned on 7 April, her place in the Training Squadron having been taken by the
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in Kiel for an extensive reconstruction, which included new boilers, new quick-firing guns, and housing arrangements for up to 50 cadets and 210
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went on one major overseas deployment in the 1880s to South America. There, she visited ports in several South American countries in the aftermath of the
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in the Ottoman Empire as quickly as possible, since unrest in the area threatened Germans in the city. She arrived there on 15 November, joining the
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began individual training thereafter, though this was interrupted in June by a celebration marking the opening of the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal.
1109:. The annual fleet maneuvers followed in August and September, and on 29 September, the winter training cruise to the Mediterranean began.
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1566:. Her presence proved to be unnecessary, and so on 10 January 1899, she left the city and returned to Kiel, arriving there on 23 March.
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remained off South America, though she sailed north to tour Peru and Ecuador, beginning on 28 February. After returning to Valparaiso,
899:, and from there she returned to the west coast of South America. Beginning on 20 October, she visited several Chilean ports and the
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in the central Pacific. After the conflict was resolved, the ships were ordered to continue their voyage. While in the West Indies,
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was formally activated on 1 April 1881 for an overseas deployment to South America, which she began on 17 April. After arriving in
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rejoined the Training Squadron on 1 October, and the ships embarked on the next training cruise on 11 October, sailing to the
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returned to Valparaiso and on 14 March sailed north to Coquimbo. She remained there until 17 May, when she departed for
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Wilhelm I after the latter's death on 9 March 1888. The ships arrived back in Wilhelmshaven on 10 April, after which
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542:. The ship's crew consisted of 18 officers and 386 enlisted men. She was powered by a single
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1755:protected cruiser
1730:Kaiserliche Werft
1582:on the island of
1310:was staying at a
1267:Sophia of Prussia
1183:, Venezuela, and
1154:Kaiserliche Werft
1119:, Italy, and the
1084:Friedrich Wilhelm
1062:Kaiserliche Werft
1015:Kaiserliche Werft
841:geomagnetic field
786:and proceeded to
729:, in attendance.
645:Kaiserliche Werft
598:quick-firing guns
588:was armed with a
560:metric horsepower
552:fire-tube boilers
420:Mediterranean Sea
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1522:and the aviso
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1332:Franz Joseph I
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1689:cornerstone
1633:Dardanelles
1623:stopped in
1588:New Orleans
1271:Constantine
1029:West Indies
997:Berufjörður
943:stopped in
731:Fitting-out
673:that built
532:metric tons
416:West Indies
282:386 sailors
279:18 officers
265:2,380
212:2,500
39:school ship
2316:1877 ships
2305:Categories
2032:References
1652:battleship
1648:Adlergrund
1597:Copenhagen
1348:then took
1275:Chancellor
1107:Wilhelm II
1009:Portsmouth
993:Baltic Sea
949:Cape Verde
891:sailed to
816:Montevideo
778:Valparaiso
767:expedition
739:sea trials
434:school in
274:Complement
229:Propulsion
2249:Gneisenau
2168:0043-0374
1803:broken up
1685:Dartmouth
1677:Annapolis
1665:Baltimore
1617:in 1856.
1605:Gibraltar
1601:Stavanger
1593:Stockholm
1544:, before
1542:Drontheim
1483:1898–1920
1469:Gneisenau
1424:Port Said
1385:Edinburgh
1360:Umberto I
1308:Friedrich
1181:La Guaira
1133:1889–1897
1001:Reykjavík
960:1885–1889
868:Royal Bay
854:steamship
755:Royal Bay
626:laid down
540:full load
536:long tons
528:displaced
518:, with a
363:laid down
176:long tons
172:Full load
138:Sold for
127:Completed
114:July 1875
111:Laid down
2221:Bismarck
2207:Bismarck
2041:(1990).
1821:Sondhaus
1441:Hebrides
1351:Kaiserin
1323:Kaiserin
1306:Kaiserin
1303:, where
1286:went to
1261:visited
1241:capsized
1237:dinghies
1221:SS
1195:for the
1045:visited
864:icebergs
857:SS
788:Coquimbo
688:Bismarck
676:Bismarck
662:Bismarck
620:Bismarck
498:and her
489:Bismarck
473:Bismarck
367:launched
352:Bismarck
341:Prussian
327:corvette
322:Bismarck
289:Armament
162:corvette
157:Bismarck
119:Launched
80:Namesake
2272:Leipzig
2228:Blücher
1798:Acheron
1783:Acheron
1724:Funchal
1646:of the
1629:Saladin
1554:in the
1552:Lerwick
1502:measles
1446:Madiera
1416:Messina
1401:Loreley
1301:Abbazia
1263:Piraeus
1189:Norfolk
1080:Sanremo
947:in the
912:Leipzig
906:Leipzig
895:in the
783:Ariadne
753:Map of
641:at the
596:(cal.)
594:caliber
590:battery
534:(2,947
447:Acheron
375:battery
93:Builder
46:History
2281:Carola
2242:Moltke
2235:Stosch
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1836:Gröner
1792:Moltke
1774:U-boat
1765:Moltke
1759:Hertha
1750:Moltke
1743:Moltke
1719:Moltke
1712:tender
1710:U-boat
1698:Moltke
1625:Beirut
1620:Moltke
1610:Danzig
1599:, and
1571:Moltke
1564:Havana
1547:Moltke
1531:Moltke
1512:, and
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1506:Larvik
1493:Moltke
1475:Moltke
1466:, and
1457:Stosch
1451:Moltke
1436:Moltke
1428:Naples
1426:, and
1411:Moltke
1393:Smyrna
1380:Moltke
1374:Moltke
1365:Moltke
1356:Venice
1345:Moltke
1317:Moltke
1296:Moltke
1293:While
1283:Moltke
1258:Moltke
1252:Moltke
1229:Moltke
1223:Helene
1216:Moltke
1176:Moltke
1171:Berlin
1166:Moltke
1144:Moltke
1126:Moltke
1112:Moltke
1099:Moltke
1093:Moltke
1088:Kaiser
1071:Moltke
1056:Moltke
1042:Moltke
1024:Moltke
980:Moltke
971:Moltke
940:Moltke
928:Moltke
922:Moltke
919:while
917:Hawaii
888:Moltke
873:Moltke
846:Moltke
828:Moltke
811:Moltke
797:Moltke
773:Moltke
760:Moltke
710:Moltke
697:Moltke
682:Moltke
656:Moltke
651:Danzig
638:Arcona
632:Ersatz
624:to be
614:Moltke
585:Moltke
573:Moltke
530:2,994
495:Moltke
462:Design
441:Moltke
432:U-boat
390:Moltke
358:Moltke
324:-class
319:was a
315:Moltke
183:Length
159:-class
105:Danzig
73:Moltke
34:Moltke
2283:class
2274:class
2256:Stein
2064:[
1809:Notes
1463:Stein
1420:Haifa
1397:aviso
1389:Cadiz
1328:Fiume
1320:took
1288:Corfu
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1201:yacht
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934:Marie
879:Marie
701:'
692:'
622:class
556:knots
538:) at
524:draft
511:oltke
456:scrap
262:Range
255:knots
253:13.9
250:Speed
199:Draft
140:scrap
2164:ISSN
2141:ISBN
2112:ISBN
2093:ISBN
2070:ISBN
2047:ISBN
1898:2017
1851:Lyon
1534:and
1525:Hela
1514:Odde
1336:Pola
1239:and
987:for
851:HSDG
735:Kiel
707:for
520:beam
436:Kiel
418:and
409:for
361:was
312:SMS
240:1 ×
234:1 ×
219:4 ×
191:Beam
135:Fate
70:SMS
67:Name
2160:LIX
1312:spa
859:Rio
564:ihp
401:to
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