Peter Beckett Posted 6 May , 2004 Share Posted 6 May , 2004 Spotted this on page 8 of the Times 9th October 1917 while searching for articles on Polygon Wood and thought Christine might be interested. The following is a direct link http://web2.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/inf...w_aep=free4_tda Anyone who wants to find out more, should use this great free service. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 6 May , 2004 Share Posted 6 May , 2004 Thanks Peter. I knew about the incident already and have got names of most of those involved. It is interesting that it was reported in the Times because it was not reported in the Fiji Times because of censorship, although I'm sure it was known about in Fiji. The Seeadler was the only sailing ship to be used as an armed merchant raider. She was wrecked on Mopelia Atoll in French Polynesia, then the Captain, Count von Luckner and several men sailed one of the ship's lifeboats to Fiji, 3,770 km away, where they were captured and deported to NZ. Eventually they captured the motorboat belonging to the Commandant of the Prison camp, an island, where they were held, took off to sea, captured a small scow with the aid of a fake machine gun, and sailed off to the Kermadec islands north of NZ, where they were recaptured. Although he was an enemy, people in NZ liked von Luckner, and respected him as a sailor. He appears never to have killed anyone, although taking many prisoners in his cruising around the Pacific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 6 May , 2004 Share Posted 6 May , 2004 Count von Luckner and Lt Kirchiess on Motuihe Island, Auckland NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 6 May , 2004 Share Posted 6 May , 2004 route of the Seeadler and her lifeboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Beckett Posted 6 May , 2004 Author Share Posted 6 May , 2004 Christine, I am glad I found that article as it fascinating reading. I did a further search in the Times and found 4 articles regarding the Seeadler including the escape. Here is a direct link to the 4 articles. http://web5.infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/inf...w_aep=free4_tda Peter PS I have found it better to download the entire page and save it named as a reference ie 9oct17 p8 Polygon wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 7 May , 2004 Share Posted 7 May , 2004 Seeadler under full sail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 7 May , 2004 Share Posted 7 May , 2004 This site gives the full story http://www.ahoy.tk-jk.net/MaraudersWW1/Seeadler.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 7 May , 2004 Share Posted 7 May , 2004 Could any German speaker give me the correct word for the rank , probably equivalent to lieutenant, which is abbreviated as Lt.? I've seen it spelt about 3 ways, and don't know what the correct form is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted 8 May , 2004 Share Posted 8 May , 2004 Christine, The abbreviation Lt. stands for Leutnant. /David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christine liava'a Posted 8 May , 2004 Share Posted 8 May , 2004 Thanks David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Alton Posted 8 May , 2004 Share Posted 8 May , 2004 The correct full German naval term for the abbrevation Lt. is 'Leutnant zur See' Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted 8 May , 2004 Share Posted 8 May , 2004 Lt. is the correct abbreviation for the German rank of Leutnant. The correct abbreviation for the full German naval term Leutnant zur See is LtzS. Hair-splittingly yours, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Alton Posted 9 May , 2004 Share Posted 9 May , 2004 Yes I probably should have explained better, I was only thinking of the naval rank as it was a in Seeadler thread. All naval 'Leutnants' are 'Leutnant zur See', a lot of German officer lists I have use LzS as an abbreviation. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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