The official AHF German Colonies quiz thread

[Henk]

Good guess..!
Do you know the name of the mining company..?

Regards, - Henk

[Polar bear]

hi,

til 1906, the Jaluit-Gesellschaft, from 1906 the Nauruische Phosphatgesellschaft http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauruische ... sellschaft

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[Henk]

Well, you're at least partly correct...

In 1899 high-quality phosphate had been discovered on Nauru by the British Pacific Islands Company Ltd. Because the Jaluit-Gesellschaft had the exclusive mining rights, the Nauru phosphate soon became the Gesellschaft’s most valuable possession. Without having to organize mining activities, they assigned the Nauru concession to the new Pacific Phosphate Company Ltd., established in 1902 in London. In return for the assignment the Jaluit-Gesellschaft received shares in this company, as well as royalties per ton for phosphate mined.

As their mining operations progressed, the Pacific Phosphate Company paid dividends between 30% and 50%, while the Jaluit-Gesellschaft could present their shareholders with the richest dividends ever paid to German investors in the Pacific: as high as 84% in 1913.

After the war, in 1920, mining activities of the Pacific Phosphate Company were continued by the British Phosphate Commission, which operated under an agreement between the governments of Britain, Australia and New Zealand.

Following the independence of Nauru in 1968, phosphate mining became controlled by the state-owned Nauru Phosphate Corporation…

Your turn, - Henk

[Polar bear]

hi, Henk,

... partly ... ?

next Q: find a connection between this logo and a town in a German colony

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[Henk]

I think the town could be Tiko in Cameroon, from where ‘deutsche Kamerun-Bananen’ were shipped to Hamburg by the F. Laeisz shipping company…

Best regards, - Henk

[Polar bear]

hi,

F. Laeisz shipping company…

yes to Laeisz , but the "connection" is even more direct ... began in 1903 and lasted a little bit less than 10 years

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[Henk]

Thanks for the hint.. I see that I forgot to look for the obvious...

Pangani, DOA

Regards, - Henk

[Polar bear]

hi, Henk,

quite right, and http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships ... ngani(1903).html

back to the master of the game ...

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[Henk]

Master…

Who was the first German schoolmaster on the Pacific islands..?

Regards, - Henk

[Henk]

Hint...



Regards, - Henk

[Polar bear]

hi, Henk,

first try: according to http://www.neueste.uni-bayreuth.de/Sued ... AusbIX.htm : Dr. Otto Sierich

the plank of S.M.S."Adler" in the lower left led me to Samoa ...

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[Henk]

Hi pb,

Yes, the plank did it…

‘Deutsche Schule Apia’ would be too obvious…

http://www.ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankf ... 0_0020.jpg

your turn…

Regards, - Henk

[Polar bear]

hi,

OK, ... let´s keep the connection between the Pacific colonies and the Imperial navy ...

three locations rather close to each other had the same names (or : Godfathers) as 3 German warships of the same type, built at nearly the same time and commissioned one after the other ...

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[Polar bear]

hi,

aftermore than one week without replies, the usual three hints
- the three locations are harbours on the North-East shore of a large island
- the ship type was rather obsolete in WW I
- the names are those of "males of royal blood"

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[Polar bear]

hi,

after another week, ... it´s hard to give more hints without providing the names themselves ...

two of the three ships mentioned (making up one "class") were lost in the Baltic, one with heavy loss of life.
Departing from all three ports, you might see an island named after a british seafarer, pirate and navigator

greetings, the pb