Marshall Islands History Sources No. 29
Itinerary of the German cruiser S.M.S. Condor 1903-1914


S.M.S. Condor was one of the German patrol cruisers on the Australian Station, charged with showing the German flag on routine visits to various ports in the South Pacific, enabling the German administrators to travel their islands territories on law enforcement missions and to be on stand-by for any military conflict. The itinerary reproduced below has been compiled from various sources held in the archives of the German Imperial colonial office. It has been reproduced here to serve as example of naval visits in the later days of the German protectorate over the Marshall Islands.

Arrive Harbour Depart Comments
Sydney 24 Sep 1903
26 Sep 1903 Brisbane 1 Oct 1903
8 Oct 1903 Suva 11 Oct 1903
14 Oct 1903 Samoa 3 Dec 1903
6 Dec 1903 Suva 8 Dec 1903
15 Dec 1903 Jaluit 20 Dec 1903
23 Dec 1903 Pohnpei 3 Jan 1904
5 Jan 1904 Chuuk 18 Jan 1904
22 Jan 1904 Yap 1 Feb 1904
3 Feb 1904 Guam 7 Feb 1904
8 Feb 1904 Saipan 16 Fen 1904
20 Feb 1904 Pohnpei 1 Mar 1904
5 Mar 1904 Herbertshöhe 15 Mar 1904
17 Mar 1904 Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen 23 Mar 1904
-o-o-o-
Apia 24 Sep 1904
28 Sep 1904 Suva 2 Oct 1904
9 Oct 1904 Jaluit 10 Nov 1904
16 Nov 1904 Pohnpei 21 Nov 1904 Kosrae, Pingelap, Mokil
23 Nov 1904 Chuuk 14 Dec 1904
16 Dec 1904 Pohnpei 3 Jan 1905
8 Jan 1905 Guam 12 Jan 1905
14 Jan 1905 Yap 29 Jan 1905
30 Jan 1905 Palau 2 Feb 1905
8 Feb 1905 Hermit Islands 9 Feb 1905
12 Feb 1905 Hebertshöhe/Admiralty-Islands Feb 1905
17 Feb 1905 Friedrich-Wilhelmshafen 20 Feb 1905
22 Feb 1905 Stephansort, Finschhafen 24 Feb 1905
26 Feb 1905 Herbertshöhe 20 Mar 1905 torpedo and artillerie exercises
March 1905 Buka, Bougainville
1 Apr 1905 Sydney
-o-o-o-
Apia 15 Aug 1905
26 Aug 1905 Honolulu 11 Sep 1905
23 Sep 1905 Apia 27 Oct 1905
30 Oct 1905 Suva 2 Nov 1905
10 Nov 1905 Jaluit 2 Dec 1905
7 Dec 1905 Pohnpei 3 Jan 1905
10 Jan 1906 Yap about 15 Jan 1905
25 Jan 1906 Admiralty Islands 28 Jan 1906
30 Jan 1906 Musa 1 Feb 1906
8 Feb 1906 Herbertshöhe about 1 Mar 1906
9 Mar 1906 Gladstone 10 Mar 1906
11 Mar 1906 Brisbane 14 Mar 1906
16 Mar 1906 Sydney 15 May 1906
21 May 1906 Auckland 27 May 1906
4 Jun 1906 Apia 28 Jun 1906
3 Jul 1906 Suva 6 Jul 1906
15 Jul 1906 Herbertshöhe 8 Aug 1906
16 Aug 1906 Palau 19 Aug 1906
21 Aug 1906 Yap 4 Sep 1906
7 Sep 1906 Saipan 24 Sep 1906
25 Sep 1906 Guam 29 Sep 1906
4 Oct 1906 Pohnpei 6 Oct 1906
--- Nauru ---
17 Oct 1906 Suva 20 Oct 1906
23 Oct 1906 Apia 16 Nov 1906
20 Nov 1906 Suva 23 Nov 1906
--- Ellice, Gilbert-Islands ---
5 Dec 1906 Jaluit 27 Dec 1906
31 Dec 1906 Pohnpei 29 Jan 1907
7 Feb 1907 Noumea 12 Feb 1907 originally Gladstone 9 - 11 Feb 1907
20 Feb 1907 Melbourne 6 Mar 1907 originally also Adelaide 18-22 Feb 1907
9 Mar 1907 Sydney 14 May 1907
21 May 1907 Auckland 26 May 1907
3 Jun 1907 Apia 29 Jun 1907
6 Jul 1907 Tahiti 20 Jul 1907
29 Jul 1907 Apia 2 Aug 1907
5 Aug 1907 Suva 8 Aug 1907
11 Aug 1907 Apia 10 Sep 1907
23 Sep 1907 Honolulu 8 Oct 1907
19 Oct 1907 Jaluit 4 Nov 1907
9 Nov 1907 Pohnpei 23 Nov 1907
30 Nov 1907 Yap 8 Dec 1907
11 Dec 1907 Marianas 20 Dec 1907
23 Dec 1907 Yap 28 Dec 1907
29 Dec 1907 Palau 2 Jan 1908
8 Jan 1908 Friedrich Wilhelmshafen 14 Jan 1908
16 Jan 1908 Herbertshöhe 16 Feb 1908
24 Jan 1908 Brisbane 7 Mar 1908
10 Mar 1908 Sydney 18 May 1908
21 May 1908 Apia 24 Jun 1908 and the Samoan Islands
17 Jun 1908 Suva 1 Jul 1908
4 Jul 1908 Apia 17 Aug 1908 and the Samoan Islands
10 Aug 1908 Levuka 25 Aug 1908
Sept 1908 Jaluit 29 Sep 1908 and the territory of the Marshall Islands
Oct 1908 Pohnpei 28 Oct 1908 and the territory of the Eastern Carolines
Nov 1908 Yap 7 Dec 1908 and the territory of the Palua-Islands, Marianas and Western Carolines
Dec 1908 Herbertshöhe 10 Feb 1909
12 Feb 1909 Brisbane 3 Mar 1909
6 Mar 1909 Sydney
8 May 1909 Suva 13 May 1909
16 May 1909 Apia 4 Jun 1909
8 Jun 1909 Suva 7 Jul 1909 originally depart Suva 11 Jun 1909
14 Jul 1909 Auckland 25 Jul 1909 originally 18-25 Jun 1909
1 Aug 1909 Suva 5 Aug 1909 originally Apia 3 Jul - 3 Aug 1909 and Levuka 8-13 Aug 1909
7 Aug 1909 Apia 24 Sep 1909
2 Oct 1909 Nauru 4 Oct 1909
6 Oct 1909 Jaluit 1 Nov 1909
6 Nov 1909 Pohnpei 1 Dec 1909
8 Dec 1909 Yap 4 Jan 1910
11 Jan 1910 Herbertshöhe 28 Feb 1910
10 Mar 1910 Sydney 10 May 1910
14 May 1910 Hobart (Tasmania) 23 May 1910
27 May 1910 Adelaide 6 Jun 1910 originally dep 8 June
9 Jun 1910 Melbourne 18 Jun 1910
30 Jun 1910 Suva 4 Jul 1910
7 Jul 1910 Apia 1 Sep 1910
11 Sep 1910 Simpsonhafen 20 Nov 1910 a trip through German New Guinea in October 1910
29 Nov 1910 Suva 5 Dec 1910
9 Dec 1910 Apia 14 Jan 1911
23 Jan 1911 Auckland 31 Jan 1911 originally to depart 30 Jan 1911
8 Feb 1911 Brisbane 10 Feb 1911 originally to go to Port Lyttleton 3-10 Feb and to Wellington 12-19 Feb 1911 and to arrive Brisbane 26 Feb, depart 5 Mar 1911
19 Feb 1911 Matupi 21 Feb 1911 originally to go to Simpsonhafen and to depart there 20 April; then scheduled to go to Rabaul 1 Mar 1911-7 April 1911
27 Feb 1911 Pohnpei ???
??? Rabaul 7 Apr 1911
26 Apr 1911 Yap 3 May 1911 originally to depart 15 May 1911
11 May 1911 Nagasaki 17 May 1911 originally to arrive Hongkong 24 May 1911
19 May 1911 Tsingtau 30 Sep 1911
5 Oct 1911 Kobe 10 Oct 1911
13 Oct 1911 Bonin-Islands 15 Oct 1911
20 Oct 1911 Saipan 23 Oct 1911
24 Oct 1911 Guam 25 Oct 1911
29 Oct 1911 Pohnpei 31 Oct 1911
3 Nov 1911 Jaluit 6 Nov 1911
14 Nov 1911 Apia 7 Dec 1911
21 Nov 1911 Rabaul 3 Feb 1912 patrol visit of the protectorate
12 Feb 1912 Brisbane 14 Feb 1912
20 Feb 1912 Melbourne 27 Feb 1912
1 Mar 1912 Sydney 17 Apr 1912 annual repairs and change-over of crew
26 Apr 1912 Suva 29 Apr 1912
1 May 1912 Apia 3 Jul 1912
14 Jul 1912 Jaluit 2 Aug 1912
6 Aug 1912 Pohnpei 9 Aug 1912 originally scheduled to depart 2 Sep 1912
13 Aug 1912 Rabaul 24 Sep 1912 orignally to arrive 23 Sep 1912
28 Sep 1912 Pohnpei 21 Oct 1912
4 Nov 1912 Yap 18 Nov 1912
30 Nov 1912 Rabaul 29 Jan 1913 patrol visit of the protectorate
3 Feb 1913 Pohnpei 3 Mar 1913 tour of the Eastern Carolines and the Marshall Islands
10 Mar 1913 Yap 21 Mar 1913 tour of the Western Carolines
25 Mar 1913 Guam 31 Mar 1913 tour of the Marianas
21 Apr 1913 Nagasaki 28 Apr 1913
1 May 1913 Tsingtau 28 Jun 1913
1 Jul 1913 Mijashima 2 Jul 1913
4 Jul 1913 Kobe 11 Jul 1913
18 Jul 1913 Saipan 20 Jul 1913
23 Jul 1913 Yap 29 Jul 1913
10 Aug 1913 Rabaul/Simpsonhafen 4 Oct 1913 tour of the islands, origiannly depart 5 Oct
13 Oct 1913 Suva 16 Oct 1913 originally 14-18 Oct
18 Oct 1913 Apia 10 Nov 1913 tour of the islands, originally 16 Oct to 1 Dec 1913, then dep 20 November
original schedule
5 Dec 1913 Tongatapu 10 Dec 1913
16 Dec 1913 Auckland 28 Dec 1913
5 Jan 1914 Hobart 20 Jan 1914
23 Jan 1914 Melbourne 8 Feb 1914
12 Feb 1914 Adelaide 26 Feb 1914
3 Mar 1914 Sydney
replaced schedule
21 Nov 1913 Pohnpei 25 Nov 1913 originally 2-8 December
1 Dec 1913 Yap 7 Dec 1913 originally to arrive 14 Dec 1913
19 Dec 1913 Batavia 27 Dec 1913
30 Dec 1913 Singapore 3 Jan 1914
1 Jan 1914 Colombo 19 Jan 1914
30 feb 1914 Aden 2 Feb 1914
10 Feb 1914 Port Said 15 Feb 1914 originally to depart 16 Feb 1914
20 Feb 1914 Palermo 27 Feb 1914 originally 21-28 Feb 1914
4 Mar 1914 Tanger 5 Mar 1914
7 Mar 1914 Lisbon 12 Mar 1914
20 Mar 1914 Kiel

 Sources:
Reiseplan SMS Condor ; dated Berlin 23 August 1903. RK 2658.-- Reiseplan SMS Condor für die Wetierreise von Apia nach Sydney (1904/05) im Anchluss an den Reiseplan vom 4. Juni d. Hs. B2742 ; dated Berlin 12 June 1904. RK 2658.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. "Condor" B 3744 I. 2. ang. dated Berlin 8 September 1905. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. "Condor" für die Weiterreise von Yap. siehe Reiseplan vom 8 September 1905. B 5501-I. dated Berlin 13 December 1905. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor, B 1443 I dated Berlin 6 April 1906. RKA 2659.-- Abänderung des Reiseplanes S.M.S. Condor, vom 6. April d. Js B 1443 I. no. B3758 I dated Berlin 18 September 1906. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor, B 708 I dated Berlin 28 February 1907. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschlu¨ an den Reiseplan vom 28. Februar d.Js B 708 I) B 1656 I; dated Berlin 20 April 1907. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschlu¨ an den Reiseplan vom 20 April 1907 B 1656 I) B 1204 I dated Berlin 23 März 1908. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor B 2100 I dated Berlin 9 June 1909. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor B 2241 I dated Berlin 21 June 1909. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor B 1128 I dated Berlin 9 April 1910. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschlu¨ an den Reiseplan vom 9 April d. Js B 1128 I) B 1763 I dated Berlin 6 Jun 1910. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschlu¨ and bezüglicher Änderung des Reiseplanes vom 6 Juni d. Js B 1763 I) B 3998 I dated Berlin 17 December 1910. RKA 2659.-- Abgeänderter Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschluss an den Reiseplan vom 17. December 1910 - B 3998 I); B 345 I, dated Berlin 28 January 1911. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschlu¨ an den Reiseplan vom 3. Mai d. Js B 1553 I) B 2774 I dated Berlin 25 August 1911. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschlu¨ an den Reiseplan vom 25 August1911 B 2774 I) B 1278 I dated Berlin 6 April 1912. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (In Abänderung des Reiseplanes vom 6 April 1912 B 1278 I) B 2769 I dated Berlin 17 July 1912. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschlu¨ an B 2769 vom 17 Juli 1912) B 3382 I dated Berlin 5 September 1912. RKA 2659.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (im Anschlu¨ an den Reiseplan vom 5. September 1912 B 3382 vom 17 Juli 1912) B 3382 I dated Berlin 22 Januar 1913. RKA 2660.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (In Abänderung des Reiseplanes vom 22 Januar d Js B 4669 I) B 4817 I dated Berlin 6 October 1913. RKA 2660.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (In Abänderung des Reiseplanes vom 6 October d Js B 4817 I) B 5033 I dated Berlin 22 October 1913. RKA 2660.-- Reiseplan S.M.S. Condor (In Abänderung des Reiseplanes vom 22 October d Js B 5033 I) B 5890 I dated Berlin 8 December 1913. RKA 2660
RKA 2658 = Auswärtiges Amt, Kolonial-Abteilung. Segelorders für die Schiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine Südsee . 19 January 1885 ¹ August 1904. Series. Marinesachen 13e. file nŽ RKA 2658. National Library of Australia, Canberra. Mfm no . G8570.
RKA 2659= Auswärtiges Amt, Kolonial-Abteilung. Segelorders für die Schiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine Südsee Station. July 1905 ¹ December 1912. Series. Marinesachen 13e. file nŽ RKA 2659. National Library of Australia, Canberra. Mfm no . G8570.
RKA 2660= Auswärtiges Amt, Kolonial-Abteilung. Segelorders für die Schiffe der Kaiserlichen Marine Südsee Station. January 1913 ¹ July 1914. Series. Marinesachen 13e. file nŽ RKA 2660. National Library of Australia, Canberra. Mfm no . G8570.



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