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'Where?' asked the commander, a Fregatten-Kapitän.
Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974
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In any case, 'the Fregatten-Kapitän explained to Schunemann.
Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974
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'On some occasions discretion is the better part of valour,' remarked the Fregatten-Kapitän to Schunemann.
Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974
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On Köln, the Fregatten-Kapitän had immediately ordered a turn to starboard onto a course that would take Köln out of range to the north east.
Operation Sea Lion Cox, Richard 1974
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Returning to the bridge after seeing for himself what damage the three small cruisers had caused, he said to his Navigator, Korvetten-Kapitän Wattenberg: "We must run into port, the ship is not now seaworthy for the North Atlantic."
Graf Spee Pope, Dudley 1956
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The Second Gunnery Officer, Korvetten-Kapitän Meusermann, was responsible for the 4.1 - inch high angle guns; his shells, too, had to be stowed in magazines and ready-use lockers.
Graf Spee Pope, Dudley 1956
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Perhaps the busiest man in these hurried days was Kor - vetten-Kapitän (Ing.)
Graf Spee Pope, Dudley 1956
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The man who would be responsible for navigating the Graf Spee was Korvetten-Kapitän Wattenberg: in the pocket battle - ship's chart room he had stowed enough folios of charts to navigate the warship round the world — along with the latest Lloyd's Register of Merchant Ships, Jane's Fighting Ships, and German British pilot books for all coasts.
Graf Spee Pope, Dudley 1956
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The Resident, who was not starting for Kapit until seven the following morning, asked us to dine, the evening of our arrival, at his quarters; where we found that, although in the wilds of Borneo, he (an old Garibaldian) managed to make himself uncommonly comfortable.
On the Equator Harry De Windt 1894
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At last, as the sun was setting like a ball of fire behind the distant mountains, we heard the faint sound of gongs, which announced that we were approaching Kapit.
On the Equator Harry De Windt 1894
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