German Cruisers - Naval art prints

Naval art prints of German cruisers. German cruisers of World War One and World War Two, including Emden, Blucher and other cruisers of the German Navy.

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German destroyers come to the rescue of the crew of the sinking German cruiser Hela torpedoed by the British Submarine E9.
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British Destroyers, accompanied by the light cruiser Amphion, under the command of Captain C. H. Fox chasing the German mine laying ship Konigin Luise.
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The Gneisenaus desperate fight with the British battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible.
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Boats from the British ships picking up the survivors of the Gneisenau.
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The First Fight Between Warships And Zeppelins.
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Destroyers Engaging the German Cruiser Mainz by W L Wyllie.
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Leipzig Sinking by W L Wyllie.
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German destroyers come to the rescue of the crew of the sinking German cruiser Hela torpedoed by the British Submarine E9.

Early on the morning of Sunday September 13th 1914, while cruising with another submarine. Lieutenant commander Max Kennedy Horton sighted a German cruiser Hela steaming out from Wilhelmshaven. As she came nearer, the two submarines dived right down. Presently the E9 came up again, and Lieutenant commander Horton took his bearings, and in quick succession gave the orders to dive and to release the two bow torpedoes. A muffled report and slight roll of the submarine told that one of the torpedoes had found its mark. The E9 promptly dived and waited below for fifteen minutes. On coming up again the Hela was seen with a heavy list to starboard, and a number of ships had arrived to take off the crew and hunt for her assailant.

British Destroyers, accompanied by the light cruiser Amphion, under the command of Captain C. H. Fox chasing the German mine laying ship Konigin Luise.

Within a few hours of the outbreak of war a division of British destroyers, accompanied by the light cruiser Amphion, under the command of Captain C. H. Fox, slipped out from Harwich to begin searchlight the lower end of the North Sea. On falling in with a trawler they were told by the skipper that a suspicious looking vessel had been seen throwing things overboard. Steaming on at full speed, the four leading destroyers very soon sighted what appeared to be a Great Eastern Railway steamer making towards the Dutch coast. As they rushed forward, the steamer began to put on speed, and she was soon running for all she was worth. A warning shot was fired, summoning her to stop. But as she failed to do so, the 31-pounders of the destroyers opened fire.

The Gneisenaus desperate fight with the British battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible.

When the Scharnhorst had been disposed of, there still remained the Gneisenau to contend with. Though her condition was almost as terrible as that of her sister ship, she continued a determined but ineffectual effort to fight the two battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible. At half past five, when barely able to move, she headed towards the flagship, and it was thought that her guns had all been silenced. Admiral Sturdee at once gave the order for his ships to cease-fire. Before the order could be signalled, however, the Gneisenau opened fire again, and continued firing at intervals from the only gun remaining intact. But at six oclock she turned over, and in less than a minute sank to the bottom of the sea.

Boats from the British ships picking up the survivors of the Gneisenau.

Nearly two hundred of the Gneisenaus crew were picked up after she sank, but many of these died as a consequence of their sudden immersion in nearly freezing water. The survivors declared that nearly six hundred men had been killed outright onboard, and that the entire upper deck of the ship had been shot away. When every round of ammunition had been fired, the surviving officers opened the submerged torpedo tubes to let in the water and sink the ship. For his services in destroying the German squadron, Admiral Sir Frederick Sturdee was created a Baronet. In the Invincible, Mr Thomas A Wells, Carpenter R.N., was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, while leading seamen (first Class Gunlayer) F.S. Martin, and engine room Artificer G. H. F. McCarten, were given the Distinguished Service Medal, which decoration was also awarded to Chief engine Room Artificer robber Snowdon of the Inflexible.

The First Fight Between Warships And Zeppelins.

On the Christmas Eve of 1914 three vessels, carrying seaplanes, left Harwich, escorted by cruisers, destroyers and submarines, for an aerial reconnaissance at Heligoland and the German North Sea ports. Seven aeroplanes were taken, and they were launched in spite of a dense fog. When the fog began to clear, the British ships found themselves pursued by two Zeppelins and several German seaplanes, as they were proceeding to the spot where they were to meet the returning airmen. The light cruisers Arethusa and Undaunted opened fire, and some 6-inch shells burst very close to the Zeppelins, which turned and made off. The seaplanes were more daring, but, though they got directly over the ships, they did not succeed in hitting them.

Destroyers Engaging the German Cruiser Mainz by W L Wyllie.

Three copies available

Leipzig Sinking by W L Wyllie.

Two copies available