UPrince Eitel Friedrich enkonzweni yomuntu ozimele
INkosana u-Eitel Friedrich isengaphansi kwefulegi likaKaiser, kodwa isivele ithathwe abantu baseMelika. Izikhali zempi ziyabonakala kumadekhi. Isithombe ngu-Harris no-Ewing/Library of Congress
NgoJulayi 31, 1914, umlayezo ovela ezweni wamukelwa esitimeleni sabagibeli iPrinz Eitel Friedrich eShanghai. Ikhulume ngesidingo sokwehla bonke abagibeli eShanghai futhi bashiye iposi, okwathi ngemva kwalokho umkhumbi wawuzoya eQingdao eseduze, isizinda samasosha aseJalimane enyakatho-mpumalanga yeChina.
UPrinz Eitel (8797 BRT, umnikazi womkhumbi uNorddeutscher Lloyd) wafika eQingdao (namuhla iQingdao) eKiauchou Bay (namuhla iJiaozhou) ngomhla ka-2 Agasti, futhi lapho ukaputeni womkhumbi, uKarl Mundt, wezwa ukuthi amabutho akhe ayezosebenza njengomsizi. Umsebenzi waqala ngokushesha - umkhumbi wawuhlome ngezibhamu ezingu-4 105 mm, ezimbili kumnsalo nangemuva nhlangothi zombili, nezibhamu ezingu-6 88 mm, ezimbili ohlangothini ngalunye emphemeni ngemuva kwensika yomnsalo nenye nhlangothi zombili zensika yangemuva. . Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwafakwa izibhamu ezingu-12 37 mm. I-cruiser yayihlome ngezibhamu ezindala i-Iltis, Jaguar, Luchs kanye neTiger, ezaphucwa izikhali e-Qingdao kusukela ngo-1897 kuya ku-1900. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, izisebenzi zashintsha kancane - u-Commander Luchs, umkhuzi wama-lieutenant, waba umphathi weyunithi entsha. Ubukhulu-
U-Milian Tjerichens kanye nokapteni wamanje u-Prinz Eitel basala begibele njengomatilosi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ingxenye yamatilosi e-Lux ne-Tigr yajoyina izisebenzi, ukuze inani lamalungu ayo licishe liphindwe kabili uma liqhathaniswa nokwakhiwa ngesikhathi sokuthula.
Igama lalesi sithuthuthu se-imeyili sikaReich, esihloselwe ukusebenza eMpumalanga Ekude, lanikezwa indodana yesibili yoMbusi uWilhelm II - iNkosana u-Eitel Friedrich wasePrussia (1883-1942, ujenene omkhulu ekupheleni kwekhulu lokuqala AD). Kuhle ukusho ukuthi umkakhe, uPrincess Zsofia Charlotte, naye, wayengumlindi womkhumbi wesikole, i-frigate "Princess Athey Friedrich", eyakhiwa ngo-1909, eyaziwa kangcono kithi ngokuthi "Isipho sasePomerania".
Ngo-Agasti 6, uPrince Eitel waqala uhambo lwakhe lwangasese. Umsebenzi wokuqala we-cruiser osizayo kwakuwukuxhuma neqembu laseMpumalanga Ekude lemikhumbi yaseJalimane, eyalwa yiVadm. UMaximilian von Spee, wabe eseyingxenye yabagibeli bemikhumbi abahlomile i-Scharnhorst ne-Gneisenau kanye ne-light cruiser Nuremberg. Ekuseni ngo-Agasti 11, leli qembu lamisa isiqhingi sasePagan e-Mariana Archipelago, futhi ngalolo suku bajoyinwa yilabo ababizwe ngomyalo weVadma. von Spee, imikhumbi engu-8, kanye ne-"Prince Eitel" kanye nomqaphi wezibani owaziwayo "Emden".
Emhlanganweni owawungo-August 13, u-von Spee wanquma ukudlulisela lonke iqembu lamasosha ngaphesheya kwePacific Ocean ukuya ogwini olusentshonalanga yeNingizimu Melika, i-Emden kuphela eyayizohlukana namabutho amakhulu futhi iqhube imisebenzi yangasese e-Indian Ocean. Kamuva ngalobo busuku, izisebenzi zahamba emanzini azungeze amaPagan, benza njengoba kwakuvunyelwene, futhi u-Emden wahamba wayokwenza umsebenzi ababewabelwe.
Ngo-Agasti 19, ithimba lamisa e-Enewetak Atoll eMarshall Islands, lapho imikhumbi yagcwala khona izinto. Ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva, iNuremberg yawushiya lo myalelo futhi yaya e-Honolulu, eHawaii, ngaleso sikhathi eyayingangathathi hlangothi e-United States, ukuze ithumele imiyalezo ngenxusa lendawo eJalimane futhi ithole iziqondiso ezengeziwe, kanye nokufaka uphethiloli owawuzomyisa lapho kuhlanganelwa khona. iphuzu nge-squadron - i-Easter Island edumile, eyimfihlo. Izinkampani ezimbili ezithwala izimpahla ezingenalutho manje ezazifakwe abantu baseMelika nazo zaya e-Honolulu.
Ngo-August 26, amasosha aseJalimane amisa eMajuro eMarshall Islands. Ngalo lolo suku bajoyinwa yi-cruiser asizayo "Kormoran" (yangaphambili yaseRussia "Ryazan", eyakhiwa ngo-1909, 8 x 105 mm L / 40) kanye nemikhumbi emi-2 eyengeziwe. Khona-ke vadm. u-von Spee uyalele bobabili abagibeli bemikhumbi abasizayo, bephelezelwa yimpahla eyodwa, ukuthi benze imisebenzi yangasese endaweni esenyakatho neNew Guinea, bese begqekeza oLwandlekazi i-Indian baqhubeke nemisebenzi yabo. Yomibili imikhumbi yaqala yaya e-Angaur Island eNtshonalanga Carolina ngethemba lokuthola amalahle lapho, kodwa itheku lalingenalutho. Khona-ke iNkosana u-Eitel yabekela iMalakal inselele esiqhingini sasePalau naseKormoran esiqhingini saseHuapu ngenjongo efanayo.
