Gneisenau 1910-1911 travels to Far East, ~180 photos

[alexfranke]

I've started scanning about 180 or so photos taken during the 1910-1911 deployment of S.M.S. Gneisenau to the Far East.

The dates and ports of call visited on the deployment are listed here. There's a composite photo of a chart of the travels at the end of this post.

• 16 Nov: Malaga, Spain
• 22 Nov – 25 Nov: Port Said
• ~6 Dec – ~11 Dec: Colombo, (Sri Lanka)
• 14 Dec – 4 Jan: Bombay
• 4 Jan – 12 Jan: Yaigarh(?), just south of Bombay
• 14 Jan – 18 Jan: Corhin (India)
• 19 Jan – 29 Jan: Colombo, (Sri Lanka)
• 2 Feb – ~17 Feb: Calcutta
• 23 Feb – 27 Feb: Singapore
• 5 Mar – 7 Mar: Hong Kong
• 8 Mar – ~10 Mar: Amoy
• ~14 Mar: Arrive Tsingtau

These take a bit more time to scan than the postcards did, so I'll try to get them posted in sets of sixteen. Just like the last time, it will probably take me some time to complete this project... WARNING: Some images in this collection, particularly those depicting death or (nonsexual) nudity, may be disturbing to some viewers. I'll mark the sets that contain potentially disturbing images.

Here's the first set.

• Set 1: 16 photos The photo album cover; Ankunft des Kronprinzen in Bombay; Ausflug nach Candy - Cylon; Japan; Kohlenübernahme in Wilhelmshaven; Moschee in Heiderabad; Jagdchita - Indien; Walfischbeute, Korsakowsk - Sachalin; Seemannsgräber, Malaga - Spanien; Ruderblatt S.M.S. Gneisenau; Walfischfängerstation Korsakowsk ---; --- Sachalin; Gottesdienst im Mittelmeer; Unser Krokodil; Strassenbau in Bombay; Japans Beute, Russisches Geschütz

To see all photo sets (including those previously posted), visit the index page here:

SMS Gneisenau Far East Photo Collection, 1910-1911

All comments appreciated!!

[Garf]

Hallo Alex. Sehr gut sind Ihre Fotos. Sehr interessant. Danke für den Austausch.
Grüße Garf.

[Timm]

Hi Alex,

Excellent pictures, I'm already looking forward to see the Tsingtau pictures.

Best regards
Timm

[Urs Heßling]

Hi, Alex,

very good.

Two comments
"Jagdchita" is a mix-up of German and English. The animal is a "hunting cheetah" (that´s the correct spelling) or a "Jagdgepard"

Semannsgräber in Malaga: These are graves of the captain and other crew members of the cadet sail training ship GNEISENAU (a former bearer of the same name) that was lost during a storm on December 16, 1900. After a engine failure, the ship was unable to tack away from the shore and ran aground on the harbour quay. 40 of 452 men, including the commanding officer, captain Kretschmann, lost their lives.

Greetings, Urs

[alexfranke]

Thanks, Urs!

Once again, do you mind if I post your comments on my blog site as well?

I'll have another set up probably within the hour. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day -- a holiday in the United States -- so I'm "officially" not working. (But alas, I actually am working to finish up a project, but at least I'm not working that hard! )

[alexfranke]

Here's another set of 16:

• Set 2: 16 photos (some nudity) Bad an Bord; Cocospalme - Cylon; Forcierte Fahrt; Turmdeck, S.M.S. Gneisenau; Bewegte See; Eingeborene, Cylon; Torpedoboot S.90; Techn. Unteroffiz., S.M.S. Gneisenau; Auf der Back; Schimpansen, Indien; Flusslauf in Indien; Unser "Erster"; Offizierkorps, S.M.S. Gneisenau; Der Radja von Travancure; Elefantenwäsche, Indien; Französischer Kreuzer "Dupplex", Colombo

To see all photo sets (including those previously posted), visit the index page here:

SMS Gneisenau Far East Photo Collection, 1910-1911

All comments appreciated!

[MS]

Some additional Internet  Informations about Malaga disaster

Gneisenau

Malaga disaster

names of the 41 casualties


regards

[Timm]

Hi Alex,

Interesting to see that your picture Gneisenau007d also became the motive of a post card.

Best regards
Timm

[MS]

Here's another set of 16:

• Set 2: 16 photos (some nudity) Bad an Bord; Cocospalme - Cylon; Forcierte Fahrt; Turmdeck, S.M.S. Gneisenau; Bewegte See; Eingeborene, Cylon; Torpedoboot S.90; Techn. Unteroffiz., S.M.S. Gneisenau; Auf der Back; Schimpansen, Indien; Flusslauf in Indien; Unser "Erster"; Offizierkorps, S.M.S. Gneisenau; Der Radja von Travancure; Elefantenwäsche, Indien; Französischer Kreuzer "Dupplex", Colombo

To see all photo sets (including those previously posted), visit the index page here:

SMS Gneisenau Far East Photo Collection, 1910-1911

All comments appreciated!

Schimpansen is not correct. Chimpanzees do not have a tail.
These apes are Hanuman Languren
or in english Gray langur

Thanks for sharing these excellent photo collection.

Regards

[alexfranke]

Yes, Timm, it is interesting. These all came from my Opa, Ernst (the guy who sent the 375 or so postcards in my other thread). I know he liked photography, but I wonder if he was buying a lot of photos as well. For example, they don't all appear to be the same format (from the same camera). In fact I don't even know what type of camera he might have even had at the time...

Schimpansen is not correct. Chimpanzees do not have a tail.
These apes are Hanuman Languren
or in english Gray langur

Thank you! Do you mind if I post your comments on my blog site as well? This way other visitors to my site will be able to learn from your comments as well.

[Timm]

Hi Alex,

I think your grandfather sold most of these pictures as it was quiet uncommon in 1910 to have an own camera. The cameras at that time were very bulky and it required a lot of skills to develop pictures. Most of the pictures I have in my collection are also having different formats but also little white digits in either the left or right bottom corner. I think they were added by professional photographers who numbered the negatives in order to make it easier for their clients to select pictures they were interested in.
Thanks to your collection I finally could identify another picture in my collection, see below.

Best regards
Timm

[Urs Heßling]

- Torpedoboot S.90;

- Französischer Kreuzer "Dupplex",

Torpedoboat "S 90" was the only German torpedo boat in the Pacific when World War I broke out four years later. She participated in the defense of the German garrison of Tsingtau in China and sank the (old) Japanese cruiser TAKACHIO on October 17,1914.

"Dupplex" should read "Dupleix" (In the history of the French navy, one of four French warships bearing the name)

Greetings, Urs

[kgvm]

Timm, Dein Foto zeigt aber nicht die "Dupleix", sondern einen der drei Kreuzer der "Gueydon"-Klasse: "Gueydon", "Montcalm" oder "Dupetit Thouars".

[alexfranke]

Here's another set of 16:

• Set 3: 16 photos Sonntagsmusik auf S.M.S. Gneisenau; Indischer Zauberer; Fischfang in der Castriesbay, Sibirien; Russische Soldatenwohnungen in Sibirien; Bumbootsleute an Bord, Port Said; Der Fürst von Travancore geht von Bord; Indische Händler, Diamond Harbor, Ganges; Strand von Mallabar Hill, Bombay; Das Kronprinzenpaar an Bord, Colombo; Indische Fischer längsseits; Indische Testilarbeiter Familie; Nielpfers-fütterung, Bombay; Palast eines indischen Mahradjas; Das heilige Bad im Ganges, Calcuta; Fischfang am Indischen Ocean; Die Gemahlin des Radjas von Travancore

To see all photo sets (including those previously posted), visit the index page here:

SMS Gneisenau Far East Photo Collection, 1910-1911

All comments appreciated!

[Big A]

Just a hint to two typos:
Testilarbeiter should read Textilarbeiter
Nielpfers should read Nilpferd (literally: horse of the Nile)

Axel