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Cap Trafalgar hapụrụ Montevideo na August 22, 1914, na-aga njem nke onwe. Ihe osise nke Willego Stöver. Nchịkọta foto nke Andrzej Danilewicz
Onye njem ụgbọ mmiri Cap Trafalgar bụ ụgbọ mmiri ọhụrụ ewepụtara na 1913. Ọ gara njem mbụ ya na March 10, 1914 site na Hamburg, na-aga n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri South America. Agbanyeghị, ngafe transatlantic nke abụọ, nke malitere na Julaị, kwụsịrị ọrụ udo ya ngwa ngwa n'ihi ntiwapụ nke agha.
Mgbe ha rutere na Buenos Aires na 2 Ọgọst, ọtụtụ n'ime ndị njem ụgbọ mmiri siri na Cape Trafalgar (18 BRT, onye nwe ụgbọ mmiri Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft nke Hamburg).
na-ejikere maka njem nlọghachi. Naanị tọn 3500 nke coal ka a na-egwupụta, mana onye isi ụgbọ mmiri ahụ, Fritz Langerhans, tụkwasara mmanụ na Montevideo, ebe ụgbọ mmiri ahụ chọrọ ịkpọ. Otú ọ dị, akụkọ banyere ntiwapụ nke agha dị n'etiti Germany, Great Britain na France rutere ụgbọ mmiri na Buenos Aires, ya mere Cape Trafalgar nọgidere na ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri, na August 16, ndị agha mmiri attaché nke German Embassy na Argentina pụtara n'ụgbọ mmiri na iwu requisition. ụgbọ mmiri nke ndị agha mmiri mere na-eji ya eme ihe nzuzo.
N'echi ya, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ hapụrụ Buenos Aires na ụbọchị 2 ka e mesịrị banye Montevideo, ebe a napụrụ ndị njem 60 fọdụrụnụ na ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri na-erughị eru maka ọrụ agha. N'ebe ahụ, ha gbajuru mmanụ ọkụ wee buru ndị ọrụ nchekwa ụgbọ mmiri 3096 n'ụgbọ mmiri Germany nke Camarones (2 GRT) n'ọdụ ụgbọ mmiri. E nwere otu onye njem nọ na Cap Trafalgar nke na-achọghị ịhapụ ụgbọ mmiri - ọ bụ ụfọdụ Braunholtz, bụ onye na-agwọ ọrịa anụmanụ, ọ na-ebukwa ... di na nwunye na-azụ anụ ezi. Mgbe ahụ Langerhans kpebiri ... na-ewebata "ọgwụ" a n'ime ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri - ọ bụ ezie na e nwere dọkịta ụgbọ mmiri n'ụgbọ mmiri.
The Cap Trafalgar wee hapụ Montevideo n'etiti ehihie na August 22, nke a na-akpọ maka Las Palmas na Spanish Canary Islands, mana n'ezie maka agwaetiti South Trinidad nke Brazil na-enweghị onye bi, ihe dịka 500 nautical kilomita site n'ụsọ oké osimiri Brazil. N'oge njem ahụ, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ gbanwere ka ụgbọ mmiri ndị njem Britain bụ Carmania (19 GRT), nke ndị Germany maara na ọ dị na mpaghara ahụ. Iji mee nke a, ha wepụrụ chimni nke atọ, nke bụ dummy (ọ na-etinye naanị ọkpọkọ ikpochapu na condenser nke turbine na-akwọ ụgbọala etiti), ma na-ese unit ahụ otú ahụ. A na-akọ na nhọrọ nke "Carmania" mere na-eburu n'uche eziokwu ahụ bụ na Braunholtz ji ụgbọ mmiri na-aga tupu agha ahụ na ya, o tinyere aka na October nnapụta nke ndị mmadụ na-ere ọkụ nke ụgbọ mmiri Britain Volturno (524 BRT) na October. 1913 ma nwee akwụkwọ akụkọ nwere akụkọ gbasara isiokwu a ya na ya. isiokwu na foto nke Carmania…. N'etiti abalị na August 3602-28, Cap Trafalgar rutere n'ụsọ oké osimiri South Trinidad na n'ụtụtụ zutere ụgbọ mmiri German Eber n'ebe ahụ. Ụgbọ mmiri ochie a etinyelarị na German West Africa, ebe ya na ụgbọ mmiri ụgbọ mmiri Steiermark (29 GRT), rutere agwaetiti ahụ n'August 4570 iji bufee ngwa agha ya na Cape Trafalgar. Ndị ọzọ na-ebubata ihe na-echere ebe ahụ - ụgbọ mmiri German Pontos (15 GRT), Santa Isabel (5703 GRT) na Eleonore Woermann (5199 GRT) na ụgbọ mmiri America nke Berwind (4624 GRT). N'otu ụbọchị ahụ, onye na-akwọ ụgbọ mmiri German Dresden rutere ebe ahụ, bụ nke buru ibu nke coal site na ngwongwo, hapụrụ Santa Isabel.
Nchịkọta foto nke Andrzej Danylevich
