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Albatross

Minendampfer 1908 - 1921  

   Ship Info   History   Operational History   Technical Data   1:1250 Model 
19.05.1908   Albatross is commissioned.
26.10.1908   Used as a mine-training ship.
1910   Refits and modernization.
1911   Repairs after collision with the steamer Wartburg .
Aug - Sep 1911   Training in the Baltic Sea.
22-26.08.1914   Together with the small cruiser Stuttgart and the 11th torpedo boat flotilla, the Albatross lay about 200 mines off the Tyne estuary.
09.09.1914   Albatross and Nautilus lay a defensive minefield west of Helgoland.
21-26.06.1915   About 550 mines are laid near the island of Bogskär in the northern Baltic Sea.
01.07.1915   After another mine operation in the same area, the ship is detected by a russian squadron consisting of the armored cruisers Admiral Makarov , Bajan and the protected cruiser Bogatyr and Oleg .
02.07.1915   Trying to escape form the Russian ships, the Albatross heads towards neutral Swedish waters. Arrived
there, the ship ceases fire, but the  Russian ships continue to shoot on the German minelayer. Because of the damages on board of the ship, the commander decides to beach the ship to prevent it form capsizing. The crew is interned in Sweden, 28 members were killed during the battle.
23.07.1915   The ship is towed to Farö.
31.12.1918   After the war, the Albatross is towed back to Germany and arrives in Danzig.
January 1919   Transferred to Kiel.
23.01.1919   Decommissioned.
21.03.1921   Stricken from fleet lists, the ship is scrapped after that.

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