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Capture of German Samoa, 1914

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Royal Navy officers arrive at Apia, Samoa, 29 August 1914, with the demand for German surrender.

The personnel pictured were from HMS Psyche, one of the three ‘P’ Class cruisers of the Royal Navy’s New Zealand Station that helped make up the naval escort for the expedition to German Samoa.

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference No: PAColl-3752, 1/1-002929-G
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image

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Capture of German Samoa, 1914, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/capture-german-samoa-1914, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated