Sms Collection

German cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Date: 1914

SMS Bayern sinking after being scuttled, Scapa Flow, WW1
The German battleship SMS Bayern sinking after being scuttled in Gutter Sound, Scapa Flow, Scotland after the end of the First World War. Date: 21 June 1919

S. M. S. Goeben
The German Imperial Navy battlecruiser SMS Goeben, launched in 1911. Shortly after the outbreak of World War One, along with the Breslau it reached Constantinople

German cruiser SMS Emden, WW1
The German light cruiser SMS Emden after being attacked by HMAS Sydney on 9 November 1914, at the Battle of Cocos. Escaping crew can be seen in a boat in the foreground. 1914

Constantinople - SMS Emden Hellmuth von Mucke
Survivors from the German Cruiser SMS Emden - a Captain (Hellmuth von Mucke), 3 officers and 30 men at Constantinople, Turkey - 5th May 1915

Night scene, Battle of Jutland, WW1
Night scene during the Battle of Jutland, First World War, showing the German ship, SMS Thuringen, with its searchlights on a British ship. Date: 31 May 1916

Survivors from Blucher, Battle of Dogger Bank, WW1
Survivors from the disabled German armoured cruiser SMS Blucher being picked up from the sea by British destroyers during the Battle of Dogger Bank, in the North Sea, First World War

View of Golden Horn with Breslau and Hamidie, WW1
View of the Golden Horn at Istanbul, Turkey, with the German light cruiser SMS Breslau and the Turkish light cruiser Hamidieh, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

E3D Sentry AWACS Aircraft
An E-3D Sentry aircraft flown by 8 Squadron based at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire. The RAF operates seven E-3D Sentry aircraft in the airborne surveillance and command-and-control role

SMS Hindenburg, Scapa Flow, 21st June 1919

German pre-dreadnought battleship, SMS Braunschweig, launched in 1902 Date: early 20th century

German gunboat, SMS Iltis, launched in 1898 Date: early 20th century

German protected cruiser, SMS Amazone, Gazelle class light cruiser, launched in 1900 Date: early 20th century

German battleship, SMS Prince Heinrich, armoured cruiser launched in 1900 Date: early 20th century

German pre-dreadnought battleship, SMS Zahringen
Cross-section of German pre-dreadnought battleship, SMS Zahringen, Wittelsbach-class, launched in 1901 Date: 1901

Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914
Admiral Graf Von Spee (1861 1914), naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine, Died on the 8 December 1914, on SMS Scharnhorst, South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

Salmson Z-9, Radial 9 Engine, Circa 1917-1918. Creator: Salmson
Salmson aircraft engines, produced in France starting in 1913 by the Societe des Moteurs Salmson in Billancourt, Sein, were originally designed and patented by Canton and Unne

The sinking of the German battlecruiser SMS Hindenburg, at Scapa Flow, England on June 21
498885 The sinking of the German battlecruiser SMS Hindenburg, at Scapa Flow, England on June 21, 1919, from The Year 1919 Illustrated by English Photographer

Battle of Cocos, Indian Ocean, WW1
Battle of Cocos, Indian Ocean, 9 November 1914, between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German light cruiser SMS Emden, First World War. The Australia ship won. 1914

SMS Oldenburg at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin
The building of the SMS Oldenburg, a German armoured warship, at the AG Vulcan shipyard, Stettin (then in Germany, now Szczecin in Poland), by Carl Hochhaus. She was launched in December 1884. 1880s

German battleship SMS Kaiserin, launched 1911. Date: early 1910s

Fight the Last Gun: the Gallant end of H. M. S. Tiperrary at Jutland
STC309841 Fight the Last Gun: the Gallant end of H.M.S. Tiperrary at Jutland, illustration from The Naval Front by Gordon S

Men stand on forepart of part-submerged German Battlecruiser
WW1 - Men stand on the forepart of part-submerged German Battlecruiser SMS Bremse - Orkney - possibly part of the Scapa Flow salvage operations which commenced in 1919. Date: 1919

SMS Breslau - Re-named Midilli for the Ottoman Fleet - WW1
SMS Breslau was a Magdeburg-class cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in the early 1910s. Following her commissioning

WW1 - Battle of Dogger Bank - Sinking of SMS Blucher
WW1 - Battle of Dogger Bank - A photograph showing the sinking of the German battle cruiser, SMS Blucher, after being shelled by the British in 1915

Turkish battlecruiser, Yavuz Sultan Selim, formerly the German ship SMS Goeben, transferred to Turkey in 1914. Date: circa 1920

SMS Scharnhorst, German armoured cruiser, WW1
SMS Scharnhorst, German armoured cruiser, seen here off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, around the beginning of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Sinking of SMS Szent Istvan, Austrian battleship, WW1
The sinking of SMS Szent Istvan, an Austro-Hungarian Tegetthoff-class dreadnought battleship (launched 1914), torpedoed by the Italian navy off the Dalmatian coast during the First World War

The German Battle Cruiser, Lutzow, Badly Damaged By The British Fleet In The Battle Of Jutland Bank, During World War I. From The Year 1916 Illustrated

The Sinking Of The German Battlecruiser Sms Hindenburg, At Scapa Flow, England On June 21, 1919. From The Year 1919 Illustrated

Sms Viribus Unitis, The First Austro-Hungarian Dreadnought Battleship Of The Tegetthoff-Class. From The Illustrated War News, 1914

SMS Bussard, Imperial German Navy Cruiser Date: circa 1908

Karl Friedrich Max von Muller, German naval officer
Karl Friedrich Max von Muller (1873-1923), German naval officer, mostly famously of the light cruiser SMS Emden during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

S. M. S. Prinzregent Luitpold
Launched in 1912, the SMS Prinzregent Luitpold was a German Imperial Navy battleship of the Kaiser class. It took part in the Battle of Jutland, 1916

SMS Sankt Georg, Austrian armoured cruiser, WW1
SMS Sankt Georg, an Austro-Hungarian armoured cruiser, launched 1903, in service during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

SMS Wildfang, Austro-Hungarian destroyer, WW1
SMS Wildfang, an Austro-Hungarian torpedo boat (Huszar class destroyer), at sea during the First World War. She was sunk on 4 June 1917 by an Italian mine. Date: 1915-1917

SMS Rheinland one of the four Nassau class dreadnought battleships built for the German Imperial Navy. In commission 1909-1919, she took part in the inconclusive Battle of Jutland

German sailors on the SMS Thetis - Crossing the line
German sailors on the SMS Thetis (the fourth member of the ten-ship Gazelle class, built by the Imperial German Navy) - the crossing-the-line ceremony during the crossing of the equator

Launch of the German battlecruiser SMS Hindenburg
Launched at Wilhelmshaven on 1 August 1915. Date: 1 August 1915

Turkish Floating dock in the Bosphorus, the former home of the SMS Goeben (which became the flagship of the Ottoman Navy as Yavuz Sultan Selim, usually shortened to Yavuz) during World War One

The Goeben - Ottoman Navy Flagship - imprisoned off Buyukada
The SMS Goeben (which became the flagship of the Ottoman Navy as Yavuz Sultan Selim, usually shortened to Yavuz) - imprisoned off Buyukada (Princes Islands (Isles) - Prinkipo). Date: 1923

WW1 - Second Battle of Dover Strait - HMS Broke rams Germans
WW1 - During the Second Battle of Dover Strait, HMS Broke rammed SMS G42 on 21st April 1917 near the Goodwin Sands. In confusing action, there was close-quarter fighting between the crews

WW1 - Battle of Falkland - Heroic German on S. M. S. Leipzig
WW1 - Battle of Falkland - A heroic German waves a flag on top of the S.M.S. Leizpig as it sinks. SMS Leipzig (" His Majestys Ship Leipzig" )

Friedrichshafen FF 33E German plane on ships hoist
Friedrichshafen FF 33E German scout plane (serial no. 841), nicknamed the Wolfchen (Baby Wolf), seen here on a ships hoist on 6 March 1918

Hellmuth von Mucke, German naval officer
Hellmuth von Mucke (1881-1957), German naval officer, most famously 1st Officer of the light cruiser SMS Emden during the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Bone ornament - sinking of SMS Blucher
Carved and painted bone ornament remembering the sinking of S.M.S. Blucher with German and Imperial Naval flags. Produced by German civilian internees in the Isle of Man. Trench Art

German battleship SMS Goeben in Turkey, WW1
Painting by Philip Connard (completed 1919) entitled The Surrender of the Goeben, showing the German battleship SMS Goeben flying a white flag in Constantinople harbour

Madras fuel tanks on fire, WWI
Oil tanks of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company, on fire in Madras (now Chennai), India

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"Unforgettable Moments of Naval Warfare: SMS - A Chronicle of Courage and Destruction" The German cruiser SMS Emden, a symbol of naval prowess, faced its nemesis when attacked by HMAS Sydney during WW1. Witness the dramatic sinking Bayern as it was scuttled in Scapa Flow, leaving behind a haunting reminder of war's toll. S. M. S. Goeben, an imposing presence on the seas during WW1, commanded attention with its formidable strength and strategic significance. Relive the daring exploits of the German cruiser SMS Emden as it wreaked havoc on enemy ships during the tumultuous times of WW1. Amidst darkness and chaos, a night scene unfolds at the Battle of Jutland where SMS clashed fiercely with opposing forces in WW1. Survivors from Blucher bear witness to the ferocity encountered at the Battle of Dogger Bank during WW1's relentless maritime conflicts. Constantinople witnessed both awe and dread as Hellmuth von Mucke led his crew from SMS Emden through perilous waters amidst WW1 turmoil. Glimpse into history with a view encompassing Golden Horn adorned by Breslau and Hamidie – silent witnesses to battles fought during WW1. Smoke billows ominously from shelled fuel tanks in Madras, serving as a stark reminder that even distant shores were not spared from war's reach. In Scapa Flow on 21st June 1919, witness the final moments of pride for SMS Hindenburg before it succumbs to its watery grave after serving Germany faithfully throughout WW1. Behold the mighty German pre-dreadnought battleship SMS Braunschweig – an embodiment of power that left an indelible mark on naval warfare in WW1