Carte Postale Affiche de Hambourg 1899 - Cruise Ship Liner

The ship holds the dubious distinction of being the first armed merchant cruiser to ever have been sunk in combat by a ship of the même lake, having been destroyed in a furious action in the South Atlantic en septembre 1914 soon after the start of the war. Armée Merchantman is a term that has come to mean a merchant equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those déengaging in long distance and high value trade. The most famous of this type were the East Indiamen able to defeat regular warships in battle (lac Battle of Pulo Aura). Dans le more times, les auxiliaires de cruisers deviennent used offensively to disrupt trade during both World War I and World War II, especially by Germany. Germany (pronounced /ˈddɜ rmmajni/ ( listage), Officithe Federal Republic of Germany (German: Allemagne, Allemagne, pronounced [ˈbndsʁ epuˌbli ːk ˈdally dtally ttional tbulis] in country a Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgique et les Netherlands. The territoriory of Germany covers 357,021 square kilomètre (137,847 sq mi) and influence ced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 82 millions d'années entières, accounts for the largest population among the member states of the European Union and is home to the third-largest number of international migrants worldwide.