SMS Wolf, without any support, had made the longest voyage of a warship during the First World War. She returned to Kiel on 24 February 1918 with 467 prisoners of war and substantial quantities of rubber, copper, zinc, brass, silk, copra, cocoa and other essential materials to the German war effort. During the 451 days she was deployed in Allied territory around Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, South Asia and Africa, she destroyed 35 trading vessels and two war ships, amounting to approximately 110000 tons. On 30 November 1916, SMS Wolf sailed from Kiel, Germany, with a complement of 348 sailors and commanded by Fregattenkapitän (Commander) Karl August Nerger. The river is one of two that flows from Niramgiri mountain. boy (12-14) doing butterfly stroke, close-up - boys swimming nude stock pictures, royalty-free photos & images. 316 Gay Teenage Couple Premium High Res Photos Browse 316 gay teenage couple stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. 231 Teenage Boys Gay Premium High Res Photos Browse 231 teenage boys gay stock photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. The raider was relatively slow, with a top speed of only 11 knots but her bunkers held 8000 tons of coal, giving her a huge cruising range of 32000 nautical miles at eight knots. Browse 144 boys swimming nude stock photos and images available or start a new search to explore more stock photos and images. SMS Wolf was also provided with an innovative new weapon, the Friedrichshafen FF.33e two seater biplane, an aircraft that was used with deadly success to scout out new targets for attack or to elude enemy threats. She was prepared for her role as an armed merchant ship with an armament that included six 150mm guns, one 105mm gun, three 52mm guns, four torpedo tubes and carried 458 mines, to be placed in Allied territory throughout her journey.
Previously a freighter of the Hansa Line, with a gross tonnage of 5809 tons, she was launched as ‘Watchfels’ and was renamed SMS Wolf when she was fitted out as an auxiliary cruiser. This image is from a collection relating to the voyage of the German raider, SMS Wolf (II), and was taken by an unidentified crew member. The tracks at their feet enabled the mines to be wheeled out of the hold and over the side of the raider during mine laying operations. The young men from Mauritius, some as young as 14 years old, were detained in the hold, previously used to store some of the mines. The boys were probably crew taken prisoner from the 1169 ton British three-mast schooner, Dee, captured and sunk using explosive charges by SMS Wolf, on 30 March 1917, 410 miles from Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia. A group of unidentified teenage boys watched over by a German sailor, half naked with towels ready for a wash on the deck of the German armed merchant raider, SMS Wolf.