MSP No. 7 – SMS Möwe I
SMS Möwe was a gunboat of the Kaiserliche Marine launched on 13 May 1879 and commissioned on 31 May 1880.
Throughout the 1880s, SMS Möwe served primarly in home waters and in Africa. She transported Gustav Nachtigal to West Africa, where he negotiated the treaties that would lead to the founding of German Togo, Kamerun, and German Southwest Africa. In 1889, she participated in the suppression of the Abushiri revolt in German East Africa.
In 1895, SMS Möwe was converted to a survey ship, and it was in this role that she would see extended service in German New Guinea. From 1895 to 1905, she surveyed the coasts and waters of German New Guinea.
In 1905, she was decommissioned and used as a hulk in Tsingtau, before finally being sold in 1910.
29 July 1899 (front)
29 July 1899 (rear)
29 July 1899 (front)
29 July 1899 (rear)
23 October 1901 (front)
23 October 1901 (rear)
24 March 1900
Postmark Information
Period of Use on this Ship:
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December 1895 to 29 October 1905
Approximate Periods of Use in Deutsch-Neuguinea waters:
- December 1895 to August 1896
- December 1896 to October 1897
- March 1898 to October 1898
- April 1899 to August 1899
- December 1899 to August 1900
- June 1901 to December 1901
- April 1902 to December 1902
- April 1903 to October 1903
- June 1904 to August 1905
Ship Information
Type: Gunboat / Survey ship
Class: Habicht class
Commissioned: 31 May 1880
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MSP No. 7 – SMS Möwe I
Ship Information
Type: Gunboat / Survey ship
Class: Habicht class
Commissioned: 31 May 1880
SMS Möwe was a gunboat of the Kaiserliche Marine launched on 13 May 1879 and commissioned on 31 May 1880.
Throughout the 1880s, SMS Möwe served primarly in home waters and in Africa. She transported Gustav Nachtigal to West Africa, where he negotiated the treaties that would lead to the founding of German Togo, Kamerun, and German Southwest Africa. In 1889, she participated in the suppression of the Abushiri revolt in German East Africa.
In 1895, SMS Möwe was converted to a survey ship, and it was in this role that she would see extended service in German New Guinea. From 1895 to 1905, she surveyed the coasts and waters of German New Guinea.
In 1905, she was decommissioned and used as a hulk in Tsingtau, before finally being sold in 1910.
29 July 1899 (front)
29 July 1899 (rear)
29 July 1899 (front)
29 July 1899 (rear)
23 October 1901 (front)
23 October 1901 (rear)
24 March 1900
Postmark Information
Period of Use on this Ship:
-
December 1895 to 29 October 1905
Approximate Periods of Use in Deutsch-Neuguinea waters:
- December 1895 to August 1896
- December 1896 to October 1897
- March 1898 to October 1898
- April 1899 to August 1899
- December 1899 to August 1900
- June 1901 to December 1901
- April 1902 to December 1902
- April 1903 to October 1903
- June 1904 to August 1905
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