Photo #: NH 42118
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"The Adler before the Hurricane"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the German gunboat Adler
at anchor in Apia Harbor prior to the storm, and before she had
made heavy weather preparations.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss
Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42286
German Gunboat Adler
Overturned on the reef, on the western side of Apia Harbor, Upolu,
Samoa, soon after the storm.
Note her battered hull, well for hoisting propeller, rescue bouy
mounted on her stern, and decorative windows painted on her quarters.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42287
German Gunboat Adler
Overturned on the reef, on the western side of Apia Harbor, Upolu,
Samoa, as crewmen began salvage work soon after the storm.
Note men on her hull and upperworks, and canvas covered gun on
her poop deck.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42288
German Gunboat Adler
Overturned on the reef, on the western side of Apia Harbor, Upolu,
Samoa, during salvage work after the storm.
Note the gun mounted on her poop deck, and bent propeller shaft
visible at her stern.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42132
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"India Ink copy of Photograph of H.I.M. Adler, bow view
on reef. Bridge over River Mulvai"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German gunboat Adler
as she lay on the western side of Apia Harbor after the storm,
with the Mulivai River bridge in the left background.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss
Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42131
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"Pencil sketch from Photograph of The wreck of the German,
'Adler', thrown on the reef on her beam ends"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German gunboat Adler
as she lay on the western side of Apia Harbor, following the
storm.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss
Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42138
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"The Adler thrown on her beam ends on the reefs."
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows the German gunboat Adler
as she was after the storm.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss
Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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