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452: 154: 236: 35: 846: 834: 136: 596: 618:. In September 1921 she made her maiden voyage as a White Star Line ship, via the Southampton to New York route. Afterwards, she sailed on the Mediterranean to New York service until 1924 when she was moved to the Hamburg to New York route, later that year her passenger accommodation was modified, and on 29 October 1926 539:
Hans Pfundheller, the ship's first mission was laying a mine field off the north-west coast of Ireland against British trade. This she succeeded in doing, laying 200 mines on 23 October off
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in Germany. Her gross register tonnage was advertised at 16,786 tons. She made her maiden voyage on 1 May 1909 from New York to Genoa and Bremerhaven. In September 1914 she became an
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campaign, to wear down Britain's numerical advantage by using mines and other devices to sink warships, or to divert them from fleet operations into trade protection.
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with storm damage. Having outstayed her 24 hours grace and unfit to leave port, she was interned by the Norwegians on 18 November 1914.
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remained in Norway for the duration of the war. In 1919 she was transferred to Britain as war reparations and put into service as the
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and equipped with minelaying equipment and 200 mines. She also carried two 105 mm guns, and several heavy machine guns.
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and her passenger accommodation was again modified. Less than one year later she was sold for breaking up at Genoa.
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under the threat of U-boat attacks (the Flow being undefended at that time) and were stationed temporarily at
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was struck and damaged, sinking later as efforts were made to tow her to safety. The trans-Atlantic liner
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undergoing repairs, and was taken over by the Imperial German Navy for service as an auxiliary cruiser.
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was also in the area, with a full complement of passengers, but she escaped hitting any of
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German Raiders: A History of Auxiliary Cruisers of the German Navy, 1895-1945
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route prior to the outbreak of the First World War. In August 1914
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and resumed doing so until 1930 when she reverted to the
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Years indicate year of entry into White Star service.
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