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At the same time he ordered Albatross to find shelter in Swedish territorial waters. Bogatyr and Oleg managed to catch up with Albatross and opened fire. The flaming Albatross ran aground near Östergarn. Bayan, Oleg and Rurik then attempted to return to their base. A couple of hours later they encountered Roon and Lübeck. A short artillery ...
Three other wrecks—those of Kronprinz Wilhelm, König, and the light cruiser Karlsruhe—all also owned by Clark, were also placed for sale. [73] The wrecks of Markgraf and her two sisters ultimately sold for £25,500 apiece to a company from the Middle East , while Karlsruhe sold to a private buyer for £8,500.
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
King Gustaf V giving the Courtyard Speech. Rearmament was a special concern in Sweden because of the growing tensions in Europe.When Karl Staaff's government proposed a reduction in military spending and the cancellation of the order for the coastal defence ships that were later known as the Sverige-class coastal defence ship, more than 30,000 Swedish farmers marched to Stockholm to protest in ...
Swedish intervention in Persia (1911–1916) (Indecisive, eventually a Persian-Swedish victory) Chiraz expedition (1913 –1915) (Persian-Swedish victory) Boroudjerd expedition; Occupations of Tabriz (1914–1918) Russian occupation of Tabriz (1909–1915, 1915–1918) First ottoman occupation of Tabriz (1915) Second ottoman occupation of ...
1914 was the first year of the First World War, though this had little effect on the nation as for the entirety of the war, and most of Swedish modern history, the nation would remain neutral. Famously the Scandinavian kings would meet in Malmö to discuss neutrality in the great war.
The Åland Islands are located in the northern Baltic Sea between Sweden and Finland. The population is Swedish-speaking, but after the 1809 Treaty of Fredrikshamn the islands were ceded to the Russian Empire together with a vast majority of the Finnish-speaking areas of Sweden, becoming the Grand Duchy of Finland, an autonomous part of the Russian Empire.
The Swedish infantry musket, or the Swedish Land Pattern Musket, was a muzzle-loaded 0.63 (16.002 mm) to 0.81 (20.7mm) [7]-inch calibre smoothbored long gun.These weapons were in service within the Royal Swedish Army from the mid-16th century until the mid-19th century.