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SMS Panther!

 

In September 1902, after the Haitian rebel ship Crête-à-Pierrot hijacked a German ship and seized weapons destined for the Haitian government, Germany sent the Panther to Haiti and helped sink the self damaged ship. Later the Panther participated in the Venezuela Crisis of 1902-1903 and bombarded Fort San Carlos.

 

In 1905, the Panther crew kidnapped a German dissident on Brazilian soil. This incident became known as the "Panther Affair" ("Caso Panther").

 

The Panther became most notorious in 1911 when she deployed to the Moroccan port of Agadir during the "Second Moroccan Crisis". The Panther was supposedly sent to protect German citizens in the port but actually became a political hot potato for the French colonization of Morocco.

 

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Uploaded on November 30, 2010
Taken on November 30, 2010