Table of Contents: Part 8. Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, (folios 5 ? 62). Part 9. Dresden,...

Table of Contents:

Part 8. Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, (folios 5 – 62). Part 9. Dresden, (folios 66-176). Part 10. Kronprinz Wilhelm, (folios 177-408). Part 11. Prinz Eitel Friedrich, (folios 409-479).

Folio 2: Explanatory note.

Folios 3-4: Index to contents of dockets listing ships captured or sunk by each cruiser.

Part 7: Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse.

Folios 5-14: Ships captured or sunk by Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse including Tubal Cain, Galician, Arlanza, Nyanga and Kaipara. Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse Auxiliaries: Arucas, Bethania, Magdeburg, Duala, Walhalla and Inanda, (folios 6-7). Correspondence regarding reports of ships captured and sunk by the armed merchant cruiser Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse and of her sinking by the British cruiser Highflyer, (folios 8-14).

Folios 15-25: Steam Trawler Tubal Cain (ship’s official number 122709), owned by John E. Rushworth, Grimsby, captured and sunk on 7 August 1914 in position W.N.W. 50 miles from Stalberg, West coast of Iceland. Tubal Cain, Skipper William Charles Smith, was on her fishing ground and could not have avoided capture. The crew were released at Las Palmas, (folio 16). List of papers, (folio 17). Telegram reporting sinking and crew at Las Palmas, (folio 18). Examination on Oath of the Skipper of Tubal Cain, William Charles Smith, (folios 19-20). Telegraph newspaper report ‘remarkable story by one of the crew of the Tubal Cain, Arthur Agness, about the capture and the crew being transferred to the Arucas prior to the sinking of the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, (folios 22-23). Examination on oath of the 2ND Hand Fredrick Redgraves, Tubal Cain, (folios 24-25).

Folios 26-33: SS Galician now Glenart Castle, owned by The Union Steam Ship Co. Ltd., London, captured on 15 August 1914 in position Lat. 27˚30’N and Long. 18˚0’ W. Under the command of E.M. Day. She sailed from Table Bay on 28 July 1914 and was about 60 miles off the normal trade route. Her wireless apparatus was destroyed and after the passengers and crew were inspected, passengers Lieutenant Deane and Gunner C. Sherman were taken to the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, transferred subsequently to the Arucas and landed at Teneriffe. The Galician was released on 16 August 1914 because of the number of women and children on board, (folio 27). Letter and report by the Captain of SS Galician, E. M. Day, (folios 29-33).

Folios 34-42: RMS Arlanza, owned by The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, London, captured on 16 August 1914 in position Lat. 24˚40’N Long. 17˚14’W. Under the command of C.E. Down, she sailed from Buenos Aires on 31 July for London. Her wireless apparatus was destroyed. She was then released because of the number of women and children on board and she arrived at Las Palmas on 17 August, (folio 35). Telegrams from British cruisers searching for Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, (folios 36-39). Covering letter and report by the Captain of Arlanza, C. E. Down, including a list of signals from Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, (folios 40-42).

Folio 43-57: SS Nyanga (ship’s official number 113423), owned by The Elder Line Ltd., Liverpool, captured and sunk on 16 August 1914 in position Lat. 24˚0’N Long. 16˚30’W. Under the command of Captain Charles Hugh Jones she sailed from Sierra Leone on 12 August 1914 bound initially for Hamburg but ordered to Liverpool with 2,400 tons of African produce. She was sunk by opening the sea cocks and by dynamite. The crew were held initially on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, transferred to the German collier Arucas and released at Las Palmas on 28 August 1914, (folio 44). Correspondence, (folios 45-47). Statement by the Master including details of arrival of HMS Highflyer on 26 August 1914, (folios 48-50). Estimates of the coal available in each collier, (folio 51). Message that crew proceeding to London in steamer Inanda, (folio 52). Trade Division Record Sheets for circulation of documents, (folios 53-55). Examination on oath of Captain Charles Hugh Jones, SS Nyanga, 8 September 1914 at Liverpool, (folios 56-57). Folios 58-62: SS Kaipara (ship’s official number 114630), owned by The New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London, captured and sunk in position Lat. 25˚10’N Long. 17˚18’W. She sailed from Montevideo on 1 August 1914 for Avonmouth, Liverpool and London with about 4,000 tons of general goods and frozen meat. Use was made of her wireless to get assistance but was ordered to stop. Capture was about 20 miles to westward of trade route but it improbable that the Master had received instructions. The crew were held initially on the Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse, transferred to the German collier Arucas and released at Las Palmas on 28 August 1914, (folio 59). Index page for examination on oath, (folio 60). Examination on oath of Captain Harry Makepeace, SS Kaipara, dated 8 September 1914, in London, (folios 61-62). Folios 63-66 British merchant vessels chased by German Cruisers. Three cuttings from the Times concerning the activities of the German cruisers, principally the Bremen and the escape of SS Ortega, (folios 64-65).

Listing continued in ADM 137/23/2.