I-marque yokuqala "yezohwebo" i-Kaiserliche Marine

I-meteor efihleke njengomkhumbi wezimpahla waseRussia i-Imperator Nicholas II icwilisa umkhumbi waseBrithani oqaphayo u-Ramsey. Umdwebo kaWalter Zeden. Ifulege laseRussia eliyisigamu-mast liyaphawuleka, kodwa, njengoba wazi, i-Meteor yavula umlilo ngaphansi kwefulegi likaKaiserliche Marine.

Imikhumbi yabagibeli eyayisetshenziswa amaJalimane ekuqaleni kweMpi Yezwe I yaphumelela njengemikhumbi yangasese ngezindleko zokulahlekelwa yonke imikhumbi eyayicwilisiwe noma evalelwe, kodwa uhambo oluyimpumelelo lomayini wangasese waseBerlin, owaziwa ngezimayini zawo (impela eyodwa yaleyo embalwa ), yathumela phansi umkhumbi wempi omkhulu waseBrithani, i-superdreadnought Audacious, yaphoqelela umyalo wamaJalimane ukuba athumele omunye umuntu ozimele empini, kodwa kulokhu umkhumbi wezimpahla owakhiwe kabusha, futhi esebenza njengomsizi womakhi wezimayini. Le corsair kwakuyi-Meteor.

Ngaphambi kokuthi anikezwe leli gama, wahamba ngomkhumbi kusukela ngo-1903 ngaphansi kwefulegi laseBrithani njengomkhumbi we-Vienna (1912 BRT) kaLeith, Hull & Hamburg Steam Packet Company kaLeith (umsebenzisi weCurry Line). Ekuqaleni kwempi, lo mkhumbi waboshwa emanzini aseJalimane, futhi ngemva kokuba iLondon imemezele impi eJalimane, ngo-August 4, 1914, iyunithi yathathwa eHamburg. Ngenxa yokubukeka kwakhe "waseBrithani", okwavumela ukuhamba ngomkhumbi ngaphandle kokucasha okukhethekile eBritish Isles, ekuqaleni kuka-1915 umkhumbi wezimpahla wadluliselwa emkhunjini futhi wakhiwa kabusha e-Imperial Shipyard (Kaiserliche Werft) eWilhelmshaven waba yi-corsair auxiliary cruiser futhi. umpheki-mayini. Umkhumbi wawuhlome ngezimbangi ezimbili ezingama-2 mm, eyodwa emnsalweni nangemuva, kanye nezibhamu ezimbili ezingama-88 mm emnsalweni (eyodwa ohlangothini ngalunye), kanye namashubhu amabili angama-37 mm torpedo angaphansi kwamanzi - lena kwakuyi-marque yokuqala yaseJalimane. i-cruiser ehlome ngama-torpedoes. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukufakwa kwashintshwa ukuze kuhlaliswe izimayini, okwathatha izingcezu ezi-2. Ngo-May 450, 285, umkhumbi waqala ukusebenza ngaphansi kwegama elithi "Meteor", futhi umkhuzi wawo wazalwa ngonyaka we-6, uCaptain-lieutenant. U-Arthur Friedrich Wolfram von Knorr, owakhonza ngaphambi kokuqala kwempi njengenxusa lamasosha asolwandle emahhovisi enxusa laseJalimane eJapane nase-United States. Igama leyunithi alizange libe nephutha - okufanayo kwakugqokwa isibhamu saseJalimane, eyalwa nguyise womphathi weMeteor, ngaleso sikhathi uCaptain V. Mar., kamuva u-Admiral weFleet Eduard von Knorr, owachitha uNovemba 1915, 1880, eduze kwaseHavana, eCuba, yachitha - ngokusho kwamaJalimane - impi enqobile, kodwa empeleni engaxazululiwe ne-French Bouvet, khumbula.

NgoMeyi 29, iMeteor yasuka ngomkhumbi isuka eWilhelmshaven ohambweni lwangasese. Umgomo wakhe kwakuwukufaka imigodi yemigodi ekunciphiseni uLwandle Olumhlophe, lapho - i-Gorlo Strait - imikhumbi yamazwe ase-Entente yaya e-Arkhangelsk nempahla yaseRussia, eyayilwa neJalimane. OLwandle LwaseNorway, umshayeli wezimayini wahlangana nomkhumbi-ngwenya waseJalimane u-U 19 - lena, eya ngaphambi kwe-Meteor, yayizosetshenziselwa ukucwaninga, akwenza ngokungenasici.

Ngobusuku bukaJuni 7-8, iCorsair yalahla izimayini endaweni ehlosiwe, yakha amapulazi angama-89 angama-10-27 m lilinye, ebangeni elingamamayela angama-32 we-nautical, okokuqala njalo ngama-300, kwase kuba njalo ngamamitha ayi-175, ngemuva kwalokho umkhumbi. wabuyela eJalimane.

Uhlu lwezisulu zezimayini ezabekwa yiMeteor oLwandle Olumhlophe lude ngokumangalisayo. Juni 11 endaweni enezixhumanisi 67°00′ N, 41°32′ E Inkampani yaseBrithani ethwala isitimu i-Arndale (3583 GRT, yethulwa ngo-1906, ephethwe yi-T. Smailes & Sons SS Co. Ltd yaseWhitby) yangena emayini yamalahle isuka eCardiff. ukuya e-Arkhangelsk, ngenkathi amatilosi angu-3 afa, futhi umkhumbi waphonswa emanzini angajulile futhi wabhekwa njengolahlekile. Ezinsukwini eziyisithupha kamuva, endaweni yokugcina amanzi, i-moped encane yaseRussia ethi "Nikolai" (154 BRT, eyasungulwa ngo-1912, umnikazi wemikhumbi uNaslednikov (?) P. Belyaev wasePetrograd) washona phansi. Ngomhla zingama-20 kuNhlangulana, umkhumbi wezimpahla waseBrithani othi "Twilight" (3100 brt, owasungulwa ngo-1905, umnikazi womkhumbi u-J. Wood & Co. waseWest Hartlepool), ethwele umthwalo wamalahle usuka eBlyth uya e-Arkhangelsk, lapho ekwazile ukuwuthola khona, wonakala.

Izisulu ezilandelayo kwakungomhla zingama-24 kuNhlangulana (26?) umkhumbi wezimpahla waseBrithani iDrumloist (3118 BRT, owasungulwa ngo-1905, umnikazi womkhumbi u-W. Christie & Co. Ltd waseLondon) nomthwalo wezimoto ezilele (?!) wawusuka e-Arkhangelsk eLondon. ), yathunyelwa ezansi ekungeneni koLwandle Olumhlophe, kwathi ngoJulayi 2 yathunyelwa oLwandle Olumhlophe lwefulege elifanayo nohlobo lweMascara (4957 brt, eyasungulwa ngo-1912, umnikazi womkhumbi uMaclay & McIntyre waseGlasgow), wacwila eneminyaka engu-66. ° 49′ N latitude, 41°20′ empumalanga longitude. Ezinsukwini ezine kamuva, umkhumbi waseBrithani othutha umkhumbi i-African Monarch (4003 BRT, wethula ngo-1898, uphethwe yi-Monarch SS Co. Ltd. yaseGlasgow, umsebenzisi we-Raeburn & Verel Ltd.) esendleleni esuka eCardiff eya e-Arkhangelsk ithwele amalahle nempahla evamile , nayo yaphahlazeka. , kwabulawa abasebenzi abangu-2. Ngalo lolo suku - Julayi 6 - ngo-2013 ° 1899', umkhumbi wemikhumbi waseNorway u-Lysaker (67 BRT, wethulwa ngo-00, umnikazi womkhumbi u-DS AS Gesto wase-Haugesund, umsebenzisi u-B. Stolt-Nielsen) wacwiliswa, uthutha amalahle esuka e-Blita e- Arkhangelsk. N, 41°03′ E enabasebenzi abangu-7. NgoJulayi 14 (12?) IsiFinnish (esisemthethweni saseRussia, ngoba ngaleso sikhathi iFinland yayiyingxenye yoMbuso WaseRomanov) yacwilisa umkhumbi we-Urania (1934 BRT, wethulwa ngo-1897, umnikazi womkhumbi uFinska Ångfartygs AB waseHelsinki, umsebenzisi L. Krogius), owayephethe umkhumbi Izimpahla ezijwayelekile zisuka eLiverpool ziye e-Arkhangelsk. Nakuba umkhumbi ucwile esikhathini esingaphansi komzuzu, akekho noyedwa kubasebenzi bakhe owalimala.