SMS Adler was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy. She was launched 3 November 1883 in the Imperial shipyard in Kiel. On 5 September 1888, she shelled Manono Island and Apolima, Samoa, which were strongholds of Malietoa’s forces. She was wrecked together with the German gunboat SMS Eber, the German corvette SMS Olga, the United States Navy gunboat USS Nipsic, the U.S. Navy screw steamer USS Trenton, and the U.S. Navy sloop-of-war USS Vandalia on 16 March 1889 in a hurricane at Apia, Samoa, during the Samoan crisis.[1][2] Twenty crew members lost their lives.
^"Six War Vessels Sunk; Wrecked in a Hurricane at Samoa" (PDF). The New York Times. 30 March 1889.
^"SMS Adler (Gunboat, 1885-1889)". Naval Historical Center. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012.
SMSAdler was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy. She was launched 3 November 1883 in the Imperial shipyard in Kiel. On 5 September 1888, she shelled...
USS Nipsic) and three German warships (the gunboats SMSAdler and SMS Eber and the corvette SMS Olga), which kept each other at bay over several months...
worse: SMS Olga came off best, thrown high onto the beach where she was wrecked but many of her crew survived, escaping onto higher ground. SMSAdler and...
SMS Preussischer Adler was a paddle steamer originally built in the mid-1840s for use on a packet route between the Kingdom of Prussia and the Russian...
part of the First Samoan Civil War. About 150 sailors from SMS Olga, SMS Eber and SMSAdler landed 80 marines near Apia to confront the Mata'afas rebels...
USS Vandalia, USS Trenton and USS Nipsic and three German warships, SMSAdler, SMS Olga, and SMS Eber, keeping each other at bay over several months in Apia harbor...
USS Trenton, HMS Calliope, and three German naval vessels, SMSAdler, SMS Olga, and SMS Eber, along with six merchantmen. Gale-force winds arose, and...
which was formally established on 28 October 1886 by the commander of SMSAdler. On 13 December, Kaiser Wilhelm I granted the New Guinea Company a charter...
Jan: Benbrack 13 Feb: South Australian 6 Mar: HMS Sultan 16 Mar: SMSAdler 16 Mar: SMS Eber 16 Mar: USS Nipsic 16 Mar: USS Trenton 16 Mar: USS Vandalia...
Jan: Benbrack 13 Feb: South Australian 6 Mar: HMS Sultan 16 Mar: SMSAdler 16 Mar: SMS Eber 16 Mar: USS Nipsic 16 Mar: USS Trenton 16 Mar: USS Vandalia...
Jan: Benbrack 13 Feb: South Australian 6 Mar: HMS Sultan 16 Mar: SMSAdler 16 Mar: SMS Eber 16 Mar: USS Nipsic 16 Mar: USS Trenton 16 Mar: USS Vandalia...
king, especially Manono and Apolima. In response, the German gunship SMSAdler attacked Manono and Apolima on September 5, 1888 (Sorenson & Theroux 2005)...
13°49′36″S 171°45′53″W / 13.8266°S 171.7647°W / -13.8266; -171.7647 (SMSAdler) SMS Eber Imperial German Navy 16 March 1889 A warship that was wrecked...
SMS Schwalbe ("His Majesty's Ship Schwalbe—Swallow") was an unprotected cruiser built for the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the lead ship...
Jan: Benbrack 13 Feb: South Australian 6 Mar: HMS Sultan 16 Mar: SMSAdler 16 Mar: SMS Eber 16 Mar: USS Nipsic 16 Mar: USS Trenton 16 Mar: USS Vandalia...
Jan: Benbrack 13 Feb: South Australian 6 Mar: HMS Sultan 16 Mar: SMSAdler 16 Mar: SMS Eber 16 Mar: USS Nipsic 16 Mar: USS Trenton 16 Mar: USS Vandalia...
Jan: Benbrack 13 Feb: South Australian 6 Mar: HMS Sultan 16 Mar: SMSAdler 16 Mar: SMS Eber 16 Mar: USS Nipsic 16 Mar: USS Trenton 16 Mar: USS Vandalia...