Prince Eitel Friedrich mu utumiki wa payekha
Prince Eitel Friedrich akadali pansi pa mbendera ya Kaiser, koma atagwidwa kale ndi aku America. Zida zankhondo zimawonekera pamasitepe. Chithunzi chojambulidwa ndi Harris ndi Ewing/Library of Congress
Pa July 31, 1914, uthenga wochokera m’dzikoli unalandiridwa pa sitima yapamadzi yotchedwa Prinz Eitel Friedrich ku Shanghai. Inanenanso za kufunika kotsitsa okwera onse ku Shanghai ndikusiya makalata, pambuyo pake sitimayo imayenera kupita kufupi ndi Qingdao, malo ankhondo aku Germany kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa China.
Prinz Eitel (8797 BRT, mwini zombo Norddeutscher Lloyd) anafika ku Qingdao (lero Qingdao) ku Kiauchou Bay (lero Jiaozhou) pa Ogasiti 2, ndipo komweko woyendetsa sitimayo, Karl Mundt, adamva kuti gulu lake liyenera kukonzanso ngati wothandizira. Ntchito inayamba nthawi yomweyo - sitimayo inali ndi mfuti 4 105 mm, ziwiri pa uta ndi kumbuyo mbali zonse, ndi mfuti 6 88 mm, awiri mbali iliyonse pa sitimayo kuseri kwa mlongoti wa uta ndi wina kumbali zonse za mlongoti wakumbuyo. . Kuphatikiza apo, zida za 12 37 mm zidayikidwa. Woyendetsa sitimayo anali ndi zida zakale zamfuti za Iltis, Jaguar, Luchs ndi Tiger, zomwe zidalandidwa zida ku Qingdao kuyambira 1897 mpaka 1900. Pa nthawi yomweyi, antchito asintha pang'ono - Commander Luchs, Lieutenant Commander, adakhala wamkulu wa unit. Maxi-
Milian Tjerichens ndi kaputeni wapano Prinz Eitel adakhalabe ngati woyendetsa panyanja. Komanso, mbali ya amalinyero a Lux ndi Tigr anagwirizana ndi ogwira ntchito, kotero kuti chiwerengero cha mamembala ake pafupifupi kawiri poyerekeza zikuchokera mu nthawi yamtendere.
Dzina la sitima yapamadzi iyi ya Reich, yomwe idapangidwira ku Far East, idaperekedwa ndi mwana wachiwiri wa Emperor Wilhelm II - Prince Eitel Friedrich wa Prussia (1883-1942, wamkulu wamkulu kumapeto kwa zaka za zana la 1909 AD). Ndikoyenera kutchula kuti mkazi wake, Princess Zsofia Charlotte, nayenso, anali woyang'anira sitima yapamadzi ya sukulu, frigate "Mfumukazi Athey Friedrich", yomwe inamangidwa mu XNUMX, yomwe imadziwika kuti "Mphatso ya Pomerania".
Pa Ogasiti 6, Prince Eitel adayamba ulendo wake wapamadzi. Ntchito yoyamba ya cruiser wothandiza anali kugwirizana ndi Far East zombo German motsogozedwa ndi Vadm. Maximilian von Spee, ndiyeno monga mbali ya onyamula zida Scharnhorst ndi Gneisenau ndi kuwala cruiser Nuremberg. M'bandakucha pa Ogasiti 11, gululi linakhazikika pachilumba cha Pagan ku Mariana Archipelago, ndipo tsiku lomwelo adalumikizana ndi omwe adayitanidwa ndi lamulo la Vadma. von Spee, 8 zombo zonyamula katundu, komanso "Prince Eitel" komanso woyendetsa kuwala wodziwika "Emden".
Pamsonkhano womwe unachitika pa Ogasiti 13, von Spee adaganiza zotumiza gulu lonse lankhondo kudutsa Pacific Ocean kupita kugombe lakumadzulo kwa South America, koma Emden yekha ndiye adayenera kudzipatula ku magulu ankhondo ndikuchita ntchito zapadera ku Indian Ocean. Madzulo a tsiku lomwelo, ogwira ntchito m’sitimayo anachoka m’madzi ozungulira Akunja, akuchita zimene anagwirizana, ndipo Emden ananyamuka kukagwira ntchito imene anapatsidwa.
Pa Ogasiti 19, gululo linayima ku Enewetak Atoll ku Marshall Islands, komwe zombozo zidadzaza ndi katundu. Patatha masiku atatu, Nuremberg anasiya lamulolo n’kupita ku Honolulu, ku Hawaii, komwe panthaŵiyo kunali kosaloŵerera m’malo mwa United States, kukatumiza mauthenga kudzera ku kazembe wa kumeneko ku Germany kuti akalandire malangizo ena, komanso kuti awonjezerenso mafuta amene angamufikitse kumalo ochitira msonkhano. mfundo ndi squadron - wotchuka, obisika Isitala Island. Magalimoto awiri omwe anali opanda kanthu omwe anali atatsekeredwa ndi Amereka adapitanso ku Honolulu.
Pa August 26, asilikali a Germany anaima pa Majuro ku Marshall Islands. Pa tsiku lomwelo iwo anagwirizana ndi cruiser wothandiza "Kormoran" (kale Russian "Ryazan", yomangidwa mu 1909, 8 × 105 mamilimita L / 40) ndi 2 zombo katundu. Kenako vadm. von Spee adalamula oyendetsa onse awiri, limodzi ndi katundu wina, kuti achite ntchito zapadera mdera lakumpoto kwa New Guinea, kenako kulowa m'nyanja ya Indian Ocean ndikupitiliza ntchito zawo. Sitima zonse ziwirizi zidapita ku Angaur Island ku West Carolina ndi chiyembekezo chopeza malasha kumeneko, koma dokolo linali lopanda kanthu. Kenako Prince Eitel anatsutsa Malakal ku chisumbu cha Palau ndi Kormoran ku chisumbu cha Huapu kaamba ka chifuno chomwecho.
