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Sailor Steve · 09-04-14, 04:16 PM

September 4:

At 0600 SMS Emden moves into the bay at Simalur. Once again they are disappointed by the absence of the expected collier, and once again Emden has to take coal from Markomannia. At 0900 the ships are in position and coaling begins. This lasts all through the daytime heat, and at 2300 hours the job is still not done. The crew knock off, planning to continue early in the morning. The ship's second torpedo officer, Prince Franz Joseph of Hohenzollern, wrote an amusing account of sleeping on in a hammock on deck with his assistant, Lt.z.S Schall on a mattress underneath. The Prince was awakened by a loud yowling sound in the wee hours of the night. Upon investigation he discovered that the ship's cat had given birth to four kittens, between the legs of the still-sleeping Lt. Schall.

09-04-14, 04:16 PM	#196
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	September 4: At 0600 SMS Emden moves into the bay at Simalur. Once again they are disappointed by the absence of the expected collier, and once again Emden has to take coal from Markomannia. At 0900 the ships are in position and coaling begins. This lasts all through the daytime heat, and at 2300 hours the job is still not done. The crew knock off, planning to continue early in the morning. The ship's second torpedo officer, Prince Franz Joseph of Hohenzollern, wrote an amusing account of sleeping on in a hammock on deck with his assistant, Lt.z.S Schall on a mattress underneath. The Prince was awakened by a loud yowling sound in the wee hours of the night. Upon investigation he discovered that the ship's cat had given birth to four kittens, between the legs of the still-sleeping Lt. Schall. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 10-15-14 at 10:29 AM.