hochseeflotte

3 photos tagged hochseeflotte, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.

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1900

1912

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Blaine said:
fascinating.
beachcomber australia said:
Looks like a German Naval flag, guns on the decks and the name BUSSARD on the side. A quick Google produced this: marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/history/Bussard.html The ship S.M.S. Bussard was a regular visitor to Sydney in the 1890s. That could be Bradley's Head (Sydney Harbour) in the background, with Dover Heights beyond. More about the Bussard : www.german-navy.de/hochseeflotte/ships/avisos/bussard/his...
Giovanni Portelli said:
spot on research!!
Enric Martinez said:
The signature or mark on the upper right corner looks a bit strange for a western scripture. I have made a copy and mirrored it:

Please note how on the upper left corner the "tag" now clearly s the number 145, as I suppose was intented
beachcomber australia said:
@ Enric Martinez - The image looks fine either way, but in your version the ship's name BUSSARD is reversed; also Bradley's Head behind. A lot of these glass negatives have writing on the reverse of the plates (see Persistent URL). I imagine it is something to do with the cataloguing system of the photographer, and would not have shown up in a cropped print or framing mount.

ranbarton said:
"She was the first and only German capital ship to ever visit the United States. On May 11, 1912 she left Kiel, accompanied by light cruisers SMS Stettin and SMS Bremen, and arrived off Hampton Roads, Virginia, on May 30, 1912. After touring the East Coast for two weeks, she returned to Kiel on June 24." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Moltke_(1910)
charlie.nancy said:
A German Battle Cruiser. Her visit caused a stir with fears that the Germans might be able to attack the US, but in fact she had to burn some of her wooden furniture just to make the one way trip.
ranbarton said:
More on the visit here: www.bobhenneman.info/moltkevisit.htm and query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C05E3D7153CE633A...

beachcomber australia said:
The warship looks similar to the German Imperial Navy BUSSARD, (but it isn't!) -
Antoine R said:
The ship is the German cruiser Condor. In 1903-1913 she was serving in South Asia and often visited Sydney for repair (spring of 1905, 1907, 1908, 1912).
Andy Brill said:
Antoine R Thanks for identification of the Condor. A detailed Pacific itinerary of the ship is here, showing dates of arrival in numerous ports: marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/html/history/Condor.html
beachcomber australia said:
Antoine R Andy Brill That's great! SMS CONDOR (1892-1921) she is. Wikipedia - de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Condor (with photo) Full details - www.german-navy.de/hochseeflotte/ships/avisos/condor/inde... including - " ... the Kreuzer IV. Class of the Bussard class. Not build after the requirements of naval fleet battles, but specially designed ships for overseas duty. Beside their huge coal capacity, they were equipped with sails to assist the steam engines. Quite unusual for its time, the cruisers were equipped with an electrical system and a huge flashlight on top of the command bridge. ... " - not in evidence in this photo?
Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons said:
beachcomber australia Antoine R Andy Brill Thanks Atoine R for the information, our records have been updated. Thanks also to beachcomber and AndyBrii for the links!