Photo #: NH 88628
SMS Olga (German Corvette, 1881)
Photographed at Kiel, Germany, by Arthur Renard, sometime prior
to 1890.
This view, which has been retouched to emphasize flags and smoke,
may have been taken when Olga first entered service in
1881.
The original print was mounted in an Office of Naval Intelligence
register.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 88777
SMS Olga (German Corvette, 1881)
and
SMS Carola (German Corvette, 1881)
In the Albert drydock, Tanjong Tagar, Singapore, during the 1880s.
The original print was mounted in an Office of Naval Intelligence
register.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 64255
SMS Olga (German Corvette, 1881)
Photographed circa 1902, after she had been converted to a training
ship.
The original print was received from the Office of Naval Intelligence
in 1935.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42291
German Corvette Olga
Beached on the eastern side of Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, soon
after the storm.
View looks to the southwestward, with the wrecks of USS Trenton
and USS Vandalia in the left background.
Note Olga's damaged bow. Her funnels and fore and main
topmasts are in lowered positions.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42285
German Corvette Olga
Beached on the eastern side of Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, soon
after the storm.
View looks to the northward.
Note her damaged bow, crew's laundry drying in the rigging, and
lowered fore and main topmasts.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42289
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, during salvage efforts
soon after the storm. The view looks about northward, with USS
Trenton and the sunken USS Vandalia to the left
and the beached German corvette Olga at right.
Wreckage just off Trenton's stern may be from the German
gunboat Eber, which was destroyed when she struck the
harbor reef during the hurricane.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 2150
Samoan Hurricane of 15-16 March 1889
Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, soon after the storm.
The view looks about northward, with USS Trenton and the
sunken USS Vandalia at left, the German corvette Olga
beached in the center distance and USS Nipsic beached
in the right center.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42130
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"The Olga beached"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows German corvette Olga
beached on the eastern 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 42136
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"Views of the Trenton, Vandalia, Nipsic, & Olga looking
from the shore"
Artwork by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his personal
journal of the Apia Hurricane. It shows USS Trenton at
left, with USS Vandalia sunk along side her. The stern
of USS Nipsic is at right, and the German corvette Olga
is beached in the distance.
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 42113
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"Plan of the harbor of Apia, with positions of the ships
before, and after the hurricane."
Chart drawn by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his
personal journal of the Apia Hurricane.
The chart gives locations for the U.S. Navy ships Trenton,
Vandalia and Nipsic; German Navy ships Olga,
Adler and Eber; and the British Navy ship Calliope.
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 42141
Hurricane at Apia, Samoa, 15-16 March 1889
"Sketch of Apia Harbor showing Position of Wrecked Vessels
after the Gale, Etc."
Sketch map by Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, contained in his
personal journal of the Apia Hurricane.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation. Donation of Miss
Elsie S. Kimberly, January 1958.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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