SMS Cormoran
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SMS
Cormoran, the second ship with this name, was 0riginally a
former Russian steam freighter that was confiscated by the
German cruiser SMS Emden 4.August 1914. She was taken to
the German colony in Tsingtao in China and refitted as an
armored merchantman and raider. After she left Tsingtao
she was hunted down by Japanese warships, and they were
forced to seek harbor in Guam. Here she laid interned
until 7.April 1917 until the USA joined the war. She was
scuttled to prevent the ship to fall in American hands,
and the crew who had lived a laid back life in Guam was
taken as prisoners of war and interned in the US. The
wreck rest today on her starboard side next to the wreck
of the Japanese steam freighter Tokai Maru on a depth of
approximately 30 meter in Apra Harbor.
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| 13° 27′ 33″ N, 144° 39′ 15″ E ( Source: Guampedia )  Picture: Cormoran Courtesy of Guampedia |
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