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I posted updates on my (now complete!) project of scanning 380 WWI postcards over on this thread, and Bombardier suggested this area of the forum for updates on my new project: I'm now working on scanning a photo album with 180 or so photos taken during the 1910-1911 deployment of S.M.S. Gneisenau to the Far East.
I hope you enjoy it!
The dates and ports of call visited on the way there are listed below. There's a composite photo of a chart of the travels at the end of this post.
To see all photo sets, along with other information about the collection, visit the index page here: SMS Gneisenau Far East Photo Collection, 1910-1911
Here are the first three sets. I'll post new sets in groups of 16 as I get them scanned and uploaded.
I hope you enjoy it!

The dates and ports of call visited on the way there are listed below. There's a composite photo of a chart of the travels at the end of this post.
To see all photo sets, along with other information about the collection, visit the index page here: SMS Gneisenau Far East Photo Collection, 1910-1911
- 16 Nov: Malaga, Spain
- 22 Nov – 25 Nov: Port Said
- ~6 Dec – ~11 Dec: Colombo, (Sri Lanka)
- 14 Dec – 4 Jan: Bombay
- 4 Jan – 12 Jan: Yaigarh(?), just south of Bombay
- 14 Jan – 18 Jan: Corhin (India)
- 19 Jan – 29 Jan: Colombo, (Sri Lanka)
- 2 Feb – ~17 Feb: Calcutta
- 23 Feb – 27 Feb: Singapore
- 5 Mar – 7 Mar: Hong Kong
- 8 Mar – ~10 Mar: Amoy
- ~14 Mar: Arrive Tsingtau
Here are the first three sets. I'll post new sets in groups of 16 as I get them scanned and uploaded.
- Set 1: 16 photos The photo album cover ; Ankunft des Kronprinzen in Bombay; Ausflug nach Candy - Cylon; Japan; Kohlenübernahme in Wilhelmshaven; Moschee in Heiderabad; Jagdchita - Indien; Walfischbeute, Korsakowsk - Sachalin; Seemannsgräber, Malaga - Spanien; Ruderblatt S.M.S. Gneisenau; Walfischfängerstation Korsakowsk ---; --- Sachalin; Gottesdienst im Mittelmeer; Unser Krokodil; Strassenbau in Bombay; Japans Beute, Russisches Geschütz
- Set 2: 16 photos (some nudity) Bad an Bord; Cocospalme - Cylon; Forcierte Fahrt; Turmdeck, S.M.S. Gneisenau; Bewegte See; Eingeborene, Cylon; Torpedoboot S.90; Techn. Unteroffiz., S.M.S. Gneisenau; Auf der Back; Schimpansen, Indien; Flusslauf in Indien; Unser "Erster"; Offizierkorps, S.M.S. Gneisenau; Der Radja von Travancure; Elefantenwäsche, Indien; Französischer Kreuzer "Dupplex", Colombo
- Set 3: 16 photos Sonntagsmusik auf S.M.S. Gneisenau; Indischer Zauberer; Fischfang in der Castriesbay, Sibirien; Russische Soldatenwohnungen in Sibirien; Bumbootsleute an Bord, Port Said; Der Fürst von Travancore geht von Bord; Indische Händler, Diamond Harbor, Ganges; Strand von Mallabar Hill, Bombay; Das Kronprinzenpaar an Bord, Colombo; Indische Fischer längsseits; Indische Testilarbeiter Familie; Nielpfers-fütterung, Bombay; Palast eines indischen Mahradjas; Das heilige Bad im Ganges, Calcuta; Fischfang am Indischen Ocean; Die Gemahlin des Radjas von Travancore
