Photograph
Sailors at Rest
![Sailors at Rest German sailors at rest on the <i>Sultan Javus Selim</i>.](http://images.wisconsinhistory.org/700017070022/1707000423-l.jpg)
German sailors at rest on the Sultan Javus Selim. |
Image ID: | 134957 |
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Creator Name: | Frankl, Eduard |
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Collection Name: | Eduard Frankl World War I photographs collected by Hermann Schultz, 1914-1916 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 2848.1.23.929 |
Original Dimensions: | 6.5 x 4.75 inches |
Typewritten caption reads: "Ein Ruhestündchen auf Sultan Javus Selim." Former German battlecruiser S.M.S. Goeben. The German battlecruiser, S.M.S. Goeben, was trapped in the Bosporus Straits at the beginning of the war. When Turkey entered the conflict the ship was transferred to the Turkish Navy and renamed the Sultan Javus Selim, although she continued to be manned by a German crew. The ship was in operations agains the Russian in the Black Sea and the British in the Aegean Sea. |
Musical instruments |
Military uniforms |
Sailors |
Warships |
World War, 1914-1918 |
Men |
Relaxation |
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