SMS M68 was a M1916 type minesweeper built for the Imperial German Navy during the First World War. She entered service on 6 October 1917, but was mined...
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with its first ship being the former Imperial German minesweeper SMS M68. Previously, M68 had been sunk by a mine off Riga on October 29 1917. She was raised...
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during World War I. Other ships of the class are SMS Iltis, SMS Luchs, SMS Tiger, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther. They were built between 1898 and 1903. All...
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she participated in the unsuccessful search for the German commerce raider SMS Möwe. In late 1917 Drake was torpedoed by a German submarine off Northern...
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Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France by SM U-93 ( Imperial German Navy). SMS M68 Imperial German Navy World War I: The Type 1916 minesweeper struck a mine...
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of Moon Sound in 1917, Slava was badly damaged by the German dreadnought SMS König, significantly increasing her draft. The shallow channel made it impossible...
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few photographs of the ship taken during its service life. It was sunk by SMS Admiral Hipper with the loss of 19 lives while survivors were picked up and...
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transmitted. The approaching ships were in fact the German cruisers SMS Brummer and SMS Bremse, despatched as part of a plan by Admiral Reinhard Scheer to...
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SM UC-62 16 Oct: SMS Eber 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow 19 Oct: HMS Orama 22 Oct: HMS C32 28 Oct: Redesmere 29 Oct M68 Unknown date:...
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SM UC-62 16 Oct: SMS Eber 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow 19 Oct: HMS Orama 22 Oct: HMS C32 28 Oct: Redesmere 29 Oct M68 Unknown date:...
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