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to German negotiators seeking compensation for the murder of two Germans in the country. After completing the task, she continued on to Wilhelmshaven, arriving there on 25 May. She was decommissioned a week later on 1 June; upon examination, it was found that her hull had badly deteriorated, and she
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was recalled to Germany; while en route, she stopped in Morocco to pressure local authorities into paying reparations for the murder of two German citizens. On her arrival in Germany she was found to be in poor condition after several years abroad, and so she was decommissioned in June 1895. She
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were instead diverted to Cape Town, where on 6 April the Cruiser Squadron was disbanded. Both ships entered the dry dock in Cape Town for overhauls, after which they were sent to South America on 20 May. By mid-June, they had reached Brazil, and thereafter made stops in
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had joined the German ships in Brazil. Tensions between China and Japan had been rising steadily over control of Korea, and as a result, the German high command sent the three corvettes to East Asia. On 7 March, they rounded
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in Brazil forced both ships to return to the country to protect German interests there. The two corvettes were tasked with protecting guarding German-flagged merchant vessels and protecting German nationals in Brazil.
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with the three corvettes. On 15 August, the situation in Peru had calmed enough to allow the division to return to its intended mission in East Asia. They arrived in Yokohama, Japan on 26 September, and
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Nottelmann, Dirk (2022). Wright, Christopher C. (ed.). "From "Wooden Walls" to "New-Testament Ships": The Development of the German Armored Cruiser 1854–1918, Part II: "The Iron-Cruisers"".
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ran low on coal and had to be towed for much of the journey. The ships arrived off the coast of Chile on 9 July and Valois secured an agreement with the authorities in
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class were ordered in the late 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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had broken out, prompting the German high command to send Valois's ships there on 3 May to safeguard German nationals in the country. While on the way,
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The ship's assignment to the East Asia Division did not last long; on 2 March 1895, she received orders to return to Germany. She left
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visited several islands in the Samoa group before continuing with the rest of the squadron for a cruise in East Asian waters. While in
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sailed to Sydney, where she remained from 1 to 30 November for repairs and to rest the crew. In March 1890, a steamer arrived in
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on 22 March, marking her departure from the East Asia Division. While in Port Said, she was ordered to go to Morocco to
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then sailed to Sydney for maintenance, where in July she learned she had been assigned to the Cruiser Squadron under
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to settle disputes between Germans and locals. In June, the ship's crew participated in the ceremony installing
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sent a landing party ashore to punish local residents who had murdered a pair of German citizens. From there,
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Die Deutschen Kriegsschiffe: Biographien – ein Spiegel der Marinegeschichte von 1815 bis zur Gegenwart
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guns and two 8.7 cm (3.4 in) 24-cal. guns. She also carried six 37 mm (1.5 in)
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Lyon, Hugh (1979). "Germany". In Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M. (eds.).
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The ship remained in Yokohama until 23 October, when she left to rendezvous with the flagship
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in February 1885, and she was completed in October 1886 before being laid up after completing
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and safeguard German economic interests around the world. The last two ships to be built,
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The German Warships: Biographies − A Reflection of Naval History from 1815 to the Present
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in October 1886; these lasted until January 1887, when the ship was decommissioned in
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steamed to the northern coast of China to protect German interests in the region.
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took command of the squadron on 23 February 1892. The three corvettes steamed to
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With the war over, the Cruiser Squadron left Chile in December and transited the
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for landing parties from the vessels to secure the European quarter of the city.
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left Wilhelmshaven on 15 April, with now-Kaiser Wilhelm II aboard and steamed to
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to defend German interests there. She was joined in that task by her sister ship
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received another new crew, and she took replacements for men from the gunboats
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rig to supplement her steam engines on extended overseas deployments.
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created tension between several colonial powers. The ship patrolled
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27 May 1907, stricken from the naval register and later broken up
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in March 1893, power passed peacefully to his nephew,
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By this time, the situation in Samoa had calmed, so
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was first activated in 1889 for a deployment to the
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After completing repairs, 1068:, and the crisis was averted. As a result, 783:, beginning on 24 July. Stops included the 594:, ordered under the contract name "G", was 375:, where competing claims to the islands of 1531: 1517: 1509: 1097:While operating in Brazil, an outbreak of 523:, with steam provided by eight coal-fired 18:Screw corvette of the German Imperial Navy 333:of ten 15-centimeter (5.9 in) guns. 487:was 81.2 meters (266 ft 5 in) 1215: 579:10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK L/35 guns 539:). She had a cruising radius of 4,180 387:. The squadron thereafter cruised off 22: 758:, Australia; from there, she went to 708:, which had been in East African and 531:(26 km/h; 16 mph) at 2,289 47: 7: 1473:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 1444:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. 1425:. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. 1281: 1222: 1181:was unsuitable for any further use. 989:continued on to East Asia. While in 734:along the way, before entering the 565:of ten 15 cm (5.9 in) 22- 527:, which gave her a top speed of 14 169:81.2 m (266 ft 5 in) 1630:List of screw corvettes of Germany 1356: 1239: 1143:broke out, and Germany formed the 284:2 × 8.7 cm (3.4 in) guns 281:10 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns 177:12.6 m (41 ft 4 in) 14: 1345:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz 1333:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz 1321:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz 1309:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz 1294:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz 1270:Hildebrand, Röhr, & Steinmetz 742:. She then continued through the 549:was equipped with a three-masted 1254: 1060:. Following the death of Sultan 618:on 7 February 1885. Then-prince 49: 26: 1471:The Kaiser's Cruisers 1871–1918 1089:, Uruguay. The outbreak of the 185:5 m (16 ft 5 in) 229:double-expansion steam engines 1: 287:6 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 1225:, pp. 116–117, 136–137. 762:, arriving there on 6 July. 1469:; Nottelmann, Dirk (2021). 1440:Sondhaus, Lawrence (1997). 807:. The trip culminated with 244:(26 km/h; 16 mph) 1677: 1377:German Warships: 1815–1945 1199:and sold for 148,000  440: 1625: 1599: 1549: 928:Chilean Civil War of 1891 575:Hotchkiss revolver cannon 465:Germany's colonial empire 385:Chilean Civil War of 1891 289:Hotchkiss revolver cannon 125: 42: 25: 1107:forced her to go into a 1062:Ali bin Said of Zanzibar 1029:. While cruising in the 769:Map of German New Guinea 598:in February 1882 at the 519:that drove two 2-bladed 463:were intended to patrol 1141:First Sino-Japanese War 857:as the ruler of Samoa. 637:. At the time, General 606:(Imperial Shipyard) in 405:First Sino-Japanese War 351:(Imperial Shipyard) in 126:General characteristics 1651:Carola-class corvettes 1183: 1160: 1150: 1117: 1103: 1076: 1070: 1048: 1035: 1013: 1007: 995: 985: 979: 973: 932: 922: 912: 906: 891: 867: 861: 843: 833: 823: 817: 775: 770: 714: 712:waters, respectively. 692: 600: 590: 557: 545: 483: 469: 455: 449: 412: 397: 367: 345: 335: 327:German colonial empire 319: 301: 80: 68: 33: 1490:Warship International 965:Friedrich von Pawelsz 785:North Solomon Islands 768: 447:The six ships of the 443:Carola-class corvette 317:built for the German 37:sometime c. 1886–1895 1335:, pp. 221, 247. 750:before crossing the 668:major cyclone struck 610:, and her completed 517:marine steam engines 306:was a member of the 1661:Ships built in Kiel 1323:, pp. 220–221. 1296:, pp. 219–220. 666:until 1889, when a 1145:East Asia Division 1111:in the Montevideo 1066:Hamad bin Thuwaini 969:German East Africa 956:. They stopped in 950:Strait of Magellan 920:, China in April, 771: 662:The ship remained 643:Imperial Admiralty 641:, the head of the 622:, the grandson of 393:German East Africa 321:Kaiserliche Marine 1638: 1637: 1480:978-1-68247-745-8 1451:978-1-55750-745-7 1432:978-0-85177-133-5 1386:978-0-87021-790-6 1207:later that year. 1091:Revolta da Armada 881:. After visiting 801:Deutsch-Neuguinea 728:Mediterranean Sea 653:Deployment abroad 602:Kaiserliche Werft 561:was armed with a 533:metric horsepower 525:fire-tube boilers 399:Revolta da Armada 381:Deutsch-Neuguinea 355:in 1882, she was 347:Kaiserliche Werft 296: 295: 203:metric horsepower 197:fire-tube boilers 82:Kaiserliche Werft 1668: 1543:-class corvettes 1533: 1526: 1519: 1510: 1505: 1484: 1455: 1436: 1424: 1413: 1390: 1360: 1354: 1348: 1342: 1336: 1330: 1324: 1318: 1312: 1306: 1297: 1291: 1285: 1279: 1273: 1267: 1258: 1252: 1243: 1237: 1226: 1220: 1193:floating battery 1186: 1163: 1153: 1135:and entered the 1123: 1120: 1106: 1085:, Argentina and 1079: 1073: 1051: 1038: 1016: 1011:aboard as well. 1010: 998: 988: 982: 976: 935: 925: 915: 909: 894: 872: 864: 855:Malietoa Laupepa 848: 839:Marshall Islands 836: 826: 820: 778: 717: 702:and the gunboat 695: 605: 593: 560: 548: 521:screw propellers 486: 472: 458: 452: 419:floating battery 415: 402: 370: 350: 338: 324: 304: 269:257 enlisted 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German Empire
Kaiserliche Werft
Kiel
Carola-class
corvette
Full load
t
long tons
fire-tube boilers
metric horsepower
ihp
screw propellers
double-expansion steam engines
knots
nautical miles
Hotchkiss revolver cannon
Carola class
corvettes
Kaiserliche Marine
German colonial empire
battery
laid down
Kaiserliche Werft
Kiel
launched
sea trials
Central Pacific
Samoa
Deutsch-Neuguinea

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