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SMS Goeben in Ottoman service
German naval personnel salute the Ottoman flag aboard the battlecruiser SMS Goeben, August 1914.
German customs flag
German naval flag flown at Apia in German Samoa, circa 1914.
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in NZ
Von Luckner's raider Seeadler sank 14 Allied ships in 1917 before he was captured in Fiji. His subsequent escape from Motuihe Island in the Hauraki Gulf gave him legendary status.
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