(created by the Detroit Photographic Co., restored by Adam Cuerden)SMS Seeadler was a
German Imperial Navy unprotected cruiser. Launched in 1892, she sailed to
New York City to participate in the 400th year anniversary of Columbus discovering the New World. She was modernized in 1898-99, after which she served in suppressing the
Boxer Rebellion, and later, the
Maji-Maji RebellioninGerman East Africa. During World War I, she served as a mine storage hulk; an explosion of this cargo on 19 April 1917 destroyed her, though, surprisingly, with no casualties.