In the midst of World War I, a single German ship vanished from its port in Kiel, only to reappear 451 days later after completing one of history’s most audacious naval campaigns. This is the incredible true story of the SMS Wolf, the Kaiser’s most successful and elusive commerce raider.
Disguised as an unremarkable merchant freighter of World War 1, the Wolf was a state-of-the-art warship on a secret mission: to break the suffocating British blockade, destroying enemy ships, and survive entirely on its own. Commanded by the brilliant and determined Captain Karl August Nerger, the Wolf embarked on an epic 64,000-mile odyssey through the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans without ever pulling into a friendly port.
This documentary chronicles the Wolf’s journey of survival and destruction. Learn how its crew used masterful disguises, a reconnaissance seaplane nicknamed the “Little Wolf,” and sheer cunning to capture or sink 30 enemy ships and lay devastating minefields from the shores of South Africa to the waters of Australia and New Zealand.
Original documentary: The Kaiser’s Pirates – The Wolf
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Interesting links and sources:
https://pacificwrecks.com/ship/german/wolf.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Wolf_(1916)
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