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Died. Count Nikolaus zu Dohna-Schlodien, 77, wily, spike-bearded German sea raider whose auxiliary cruiser Moewe (Seagull), disguised as a cargo ship, twice ran the British blockade, destroyed an unequaled 50 vessels between 1915 and 1917; of a heart attack; in Rosenheim. Germany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 3, 1956 | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

...Only other raider to return to her base was Count Dohna-Schlodien's Moewe (Gull), a converted freighter like the Wolf and deadliest German raider (her bag was about 50 ships, including the battleship King Edward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Terrible Tub | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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