Prince Eitel Friedrich mubasa reakavanzika
Prince Eitel Friedrich achiri pasi pemureza weKaiser, asi atogarwa nemaAmerican. Zvombo zveArtillery zvinoonekwa pamadheki. Mufananidzo naHarris naEwing/Library yeCongress
Musi waChikunguru 31, 1914, meseji yakabva kunyika yakagamuchirwa pangarava inotakura vanhu inonzi Prinz Eitel Friedrich muShanghai. Yakataura nezve kukosha kwekudzikisa vafambi vese muShanghai uye kusiya tsamba, mushure mezvo ngarava yaizoenda kuQingdao iri pedyo, muzinda wemauto weGerman kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweChina.
Prinz Eitel (8797 BRT, muridzi wechikepe cheNorddeutscher Lloyd) akasvika kuQingdao (nhasi Qingdao) muQiauchou Bay (nhasi Jiaozhou) musi wa2 Nyamavhuvhu, uye ipapo kaputeni wengarava, Karl Mundt, akaziva kuti mauto ake aifanira kushandurwa kuita mubatsiri. cruiser. Basa rakatanga pakarepo - ngarava yakanga yakashongedzerwa pfuti 4 105-mm, mbiri kumucheto uye kumashure kumativi ose, uye 6 88-mm pfuti, mbiri kune rumwe rutivi padheki kuseri kwegomba uye imwe kumativi ose e rear mast. Pamusoro pezvo, pfuti 12 37 mm dzakaiswa. Mutyairi wengarava aive akapakatira zvikepe zvekare zvepfuti Iltis, Jaguar, Luchs neTiger, izvo zvakatorerwa zvombo muQingdao kubva 1897 kusvika 1900. Panguva imwecheteyo, vashandi vakatsiviwa zvishoma - mutungamiriri weLuchs, mutungamiri wemukuru, akava mutungamiri mutsva wechikwata. Max-
Milian Tjerichens uye iyezvino kaputeni Prinz Eitel vakaramba vari muchikepe semufambisi wengarava. Uye zvakare, chikamu chevafambisi vechikepe kubva kuLux neTigr vakabatana nevashandi, zvekuti nhamba yenhengo dzayo yakada kupeta kaviri kana ichienzaniswa nekuumbwa munguva yerunyararo.
Zita reiyi Reich mail steamer, yakanangana nebasa kuFar East, rakapihwa nemwanakomana wechipiri waMambo Wilhelm II - Prince Eitel Friedrich wePrussia (1883-1942, mukuru mukuru pakupera kwezana ramakore rekutanga AD). Zvakakodzera kutaura kuti mudzimai wake, Princess Zofia Charlotte, ndiye aive mutariri wechikepe chechikoro, frigate "Princess Eitey Friedrich", yakavakwa muna 1909, inozivikanwa kwatiri se "Chipo chePomerania".
Musi waNyamavhuvhu 6, Prince Eitel akatanga rwendo rwake rwepachivande. Basa rekutanga remubatsiri wecruiser raive rekubatanidza neFar Eastern squadron yezvikepe zveGerman, inorairwa naVadm. Maximilian von Spee, uyezve sechikamu chevafambisi vezvombo Scharnhorst uye Gneisenau uye nechiedza cruiser Nuremberg. Mambakwedza musi waNyamavhuvhu 11, boka iri rakamisa chikepe pachitsuwa chePagan muMariana Archipelago, uye ipapo pazuva rimwe chete vakabatanidzwa neavo vakadanwa nekuraira kweVadma. von Spee, zvikepe zvisere zvekugovera, pamwe ne "Prince Eitel" uye panguva iyoyo yakakurumbira mwenje ranger "Emden".
Pamusangano wakaitwa musi waNyamavhuvhu 13, von Spee vakasarudza kuendesa boka rose mhiri kwePacific Ocean kuenda kumhenderekedzo yekumadokero kweSouth America, chete Emden ndiye aifanira kuparadzana nemauto makuru uye kuita mabasa ega muIndian Ocean. Gare gare manheru iwayo, vashandi vakasiya mvura yakapoteredza Pagan, vachiita sezvavakanga vabvumirana, uye Emden akasimuka kuti anoita basa raakanga apiwa.
Musi waNyamavhuvhu 19, boka rakamira paEnewetok Atoll muMarshall Islands, uko zvikepe zvakawedzera mafuta nezvinhu. Mazuva matatu gare gare, Nuremberg akasiya timu ndokuenda kuHonolulu, Hawaii, iyo yakanga ichiri kuUnited States isina kwayakarerekera, kuti atumire mameseji kuburikidza nemumiriri wenzvimbo iyi kuGermany uye kugamuchira mimwe mirairo, pamwe nekuzadza mafuta aaifanira kusvika nawo. nzvimbo yekuonana nechikwata - inozivikanwa, yakavanzika Easter Island. Vaviri zvino vatakuri vendege vasina chinhu vaive vavharirwa nemaAmerican vakaendawo nechikepe kuHonolulu.
Musi waAugust 26, mauto eGermany akamisa chikepe paMajuro muMarshall Islands. Pazuva rimwe chete vakabatanidzwa neanobatsira cruiser "Kormoran" (yaimbova Russian "Ryazan", yakavakwa muna 1909, 8 x 105 mm L / 40) uye 2 zvimwe zvikepe zvekutakura. Ipapo vadm. von Spee akaraira vafambisi vezvikepe vese, vachiperekedzwa nechipo chimwe chete, kuti vaite mabasa epachivande munzvimbo iri kuchamhembe kweNew Guinea, vobva vapinda muIndian Ocean voenderera mberi nemabasa avo. Ngarava dzose dziri mbiri dzakatanga kuenda kuAngaur Island kuWest Carolina netarisiro yekuwana marasha ikoko, asi chiteshi chengarava pakanga pasina. Ipapo Prince Eitel akadenha Malakal kuchitsuwa chePalau neKormoran kuchitsuwa cheHuapu nokuda kwechinangwa chimwe chetecho.
