I-Duel ye-doppelgangers

I-Cap Trafalgar isuka eMontevideo ngo-Agasti 22, 1914, ohambweni lwangasese. Umdwebo kaWillego Stöver. Iqoqo Lezithombe lika-Andrzej Danilevich

Umkhumbi wabagibeli uCap Trafalgar wawuyisikebhe esisha esasungulwa ngo-1913. Ohambweni lwakhe lokuqala, wasuka eHamburg ngo-March 10, 1914, elibangise emachwebeni aseNingizimu Melika. Kodwa-ke, ukuwela kwesibili kwe-atlantic, okwaqala ngoJulayi, kwaqeda ngokushesha ukusebenza kwayo ngokuthula ngenxa yokugqashuka kwempi.

Ngemva kokufika e-Buenos Aires ngomhla ka-2 Agasti, iningi labagibeli bomkhumbi behla e-Cape Trafalgar (18 BRT, umnikazi womkhumbi u-Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft besuka e-Hamburg).

elungiselela uhambo lokubuya. Kwambiwa amathani amalahle angu-3500 16 kuphela, kodwa ukaputeni womkhumbi uFritz Langerhans wabala ukugcwalisa uphethiloli eMontevideo, lapho umkhumbi wawuhlose ukungena khona. Nokho, izindaba zokugqashuka kwempi phakathi kweJalimane, iGreat Britain neFrance zafinyelela emkhunjini eBuenos Aires, ngakho iCape Trafalgar yasala ethekwini, kwathi ngo-August XNUMX kwavela isikhulu sebutho lezempi leNxusa LaseJalimane e-Argentina ngomyalo wokuthi ukucela umkhumbi yibutho lasolwandle ukuze uwusebenzisele imisebenzi yangasese.

Ngosuku olulandelayo, umkhumbi wasolwandle wasuka eBuenos Aires kwathi ezinsukwini ezi-2 kamuva wangena eMontevideo, lapho abagibeli abangu-60 ababesele nabasebenzi abangakufanelekele ukuya empini badedelwa khona. Lapho baphinda bagcwalisa uphethiloli futhi bathatha izikhulu ze-Navy Reserve ezingu-3096 emkhunjini wezimpahla waseJalimane i-Camarones (2 brt) ethekwini. Emkhunjini weCap Trafalgar kwakukhona umgibeli oyedwa owayengafuni ukuphuma emkhunjini - kwakunguBraungholz othile, owayengudokotela wezilwane, futhi wayephethe ... izingulube ezimbalwa ezizalisayo. Khona-ke uLangerhans wanquma ... ukuqasha lo "dokotela" eqenjini - nakuba kwakukhona udokotela womkhumbi emkhunjini.

I-Cap Trafalgar yabe isuka eMontevideo emini yango-Agasti 22, ilibangise ngokusemthethweni i-Las Palmas e-Spanish Canary Islands, futhi empeleni yaya esiqhingini esingahlali muntu saseBrazil saseNingizimu Trinidad, cishe amakhilomitha angama-500 olwandle ukusuka ogwini lwaseBrazil. Phakathi nohambo, umkhumbi wawuguqulwe njenge-British Carmania passenger turbine (19 GRT) amaJalimane ayeyazi ukuthi yayikuleyo ndawo. Ukuze benze lokhu, bakhiphe ushimula wesithathu, okwakuyi-dummy (yayihlala kuphela amapayipi e-exhaust kanye ne-condenser ye-turbine eshayela isikulufu esiphakathi), futhi bapenda iyunithi ngokufanele. Kubikwa ukuthi ukukhethwa kwe "Carmania" kwenziwa kucatshangelwa ukuthi uBraunholz wahamba ngomkhumbi ngaphambi kwempi futhi wabamba iqhaza ekusindiseni ngo-Okthoba abantu abavela ku-British abagibeli abashisayo "Volturno" (524 BRT). ngo-Okthoba 1913 futhi wayenekhophi yephephandaba elinesihloko esiphathelene nalolu daba naye.ingqikithi nezithombe zikaCarmania…. Phakathi kwamabili ngo-Agasti 3602-28, uCap Trafalgar wafika ogwini lwaseNingizimu Trinidad futhi ekuseni wahlangana nesibhamu saseJalimane i-Eber lapho. Lo mkhumbi omdala kunalokho wawumi eJalimane eNtshonalanga Afrika, lapho, kanye nomkhumbi wezimpahla oyisisi i-Steiermark (29 GRT), wafika esiqhingini ngo-August 4570 ukuze udlulisele izikhali zawo eCape Trafalgar. Abanye abahlinzeki bempahla base bevele belindile lapho - ama-steamers aseJalimane i-Pontos (15 GRT), i-Santa Isabel (5703 GRT) no-Eleonore Woermann (5199 GRT) kanye nomkhumbi waseMelika oqashiwe u-Berwind (4624 GRT). Ngalo lolo suku, i-German light cruiser Dresden yafika lapho, okwathi, ngemva kokuthatha amalahle kubathengisi, yahamba noSanta Isabel.

Iqoqo Lezithombe lika-Andrzej Danylevich