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 Stamps and Postal History of the German Marshall Islands
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 Cap tally of a crew member of the SMY Hohenzollern |
History
SMY Hohenzollern, the German Emperor's personal yacht, was launched on 27 June 1892 at the Vulcan Werft, Stettin, Germany. It replaced a previous Hohenzollern (1867) which had become too old. The Hohenzollern became the symbol of the German Kaiser's ambitions to built a wold-class navy.
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| SMY Hohenzollern as depicted on the standard colonial Issue Stamps.
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| Given that SMY Hohenzollern was the German Emperor's Yacht, it isnot surprising that it appeared on a range of historic photographs, postcards, and paintings. |
 SMY Hohenzollern on a Historic Postcard. (Detail).
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Technical Data
| Name: | Hohenzollern (1892-1923) | |
| Launched: | 27 June 1892 | |
| Shipyard: | Vulcan (Stettin ) | |
| Fate: | scrapped 1923 | |
| Displacement: | 4280 GRT | |
| Length overall: | 116 m (XXX feet) | |
| Breadth: | 14 m (XXX feet) | |
| Height: | XXXX | |
| Draught: | 5.9m (XXX feet) | |
| Crew: | 295 | |
| Passengers: | XXXX | |
| Range: | XXX n | |
| Engine: | Triple expansion steam engine | |
| Power: | 156 NHP | |
| Screws: | 1 | |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots | |
| Armament: | 3 rapid fire cannons 105mm; 12 rapid fire canons 50mm |
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[Contents]CONTACT: Dirk H.R. Spennemann, Institute of Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University, P.O.Box 789, Albury NSW 2640, Australia. e-mail: dspennemann@csu.edu.au |
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