Here I was, scratching the folically challenged,
How can an SMS Cormoran be captured by an SMS Emden ?
SMS = Seiner Majestats Schiff (Used on German ships of the WWI era).
Then it dawned, The SMS Emden captured the SS Ryazan
which was renamed the SMS Cormoran.
Two ships have been known as SMS Cormoran:
SMS Cormoran (1892), a light cruiser built by the German Kaiserliche Marine
SMS Cormoran (1909), a transport ship built for Russia and captured by the German raider SMS Emden during
World War I
RMS - Royal Mail Steamship.
HMS - His (or Her) Majesty's Ship.
USS United States Ship.
USNS - United States Naval Ship (used on Naval auxiliaries in the Military Sealift Command).
SMS - Seiner Majestats Schiff (Used on German ships of the WWI era).
RNS - Royal Netherlands Ship.
HMAS - His (or Her) Majesty's Australian Ship.
HMCS - His (or Her) Majesty's Canadian Ship.
HMNZS - His (or Her) Majesty's New Zealand Ship.
Posted 01/13/2011 06:50 am
