Wilhelmshaven, Jan. 15, The new cruiser Koeln which replaces the cruiser Amazone was formally put into commission today. The commander Captain von Schroeder in his address recalled the glorious end of the former gruiser Koeln which sank in the North Sea in the fight against sup-enor British forees, when out of the entire crew only one man was saved. The city of Cologne sent its best wishes on this occasion to the ship which bears the city's name—Trans Ocean Kuo Min.
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