On February 5th 1915, while on a reconnaissance operation onboard HMS Adjutant, which was manned by some of the crew from HMS Weymouth, Smith was taken prisoner. An after-action report stated; 'Saturday, February 6th 1915 - ADJUTANT, patrol vessel, ex-German tug, 231/1905, captured October 10th 1914 in East Africa by light cruiser Dartmouth, armed with 1-3pdr, took part in the capture of Mafia Island January 12th, now with force blockading light cruiser Königsberg in Rufiji delta, Sub‑Lt Wilfred Price in command, carrying out reconnaissance of one of the entrances. Heavily shelled from the shore by German forces protecting approaches to Königsberg, steam-pipe cut, drifted ashore and recaptured; 1 rating lost, rest of crew taken prisoner. Salvaged by the Germans, got through British naval blockade, steamed to Dar-es-Salaam, taken to pieces by railway engineers and carried by train to Kigoma, reassembled for operations on Lake Tanganyika. Hepper, possibly in error, reports that "light cruiser Pyramus later closed and destroyed her where she lay" Sold with a copy of the book - The Konisberg Adventure.
On February 5th 1915, while on a reconnaissance operation onboard HMS Adjutant, which was manned by some of the crew from HMS Weymouth, Smith was taken prisoner. An after-action report stated; 'Saturday, February 6th 1915 - ADJUTANT, patrol vessel, ex-German tug, 231/1905, captured October 10th 1914 in East Africa by light cruiser Dartmouth, armed with 1-3pdr, took part in the capture of Mafia Island January 12th, now with force blockading light cruiser Königsberg in Rufiji delta, Sub‑Lt Wilfred Price in command, carrying out reconnaissance of one of the entrances. Heavily shelled from the shore by German forces protecting approaches to Königsberg, steam-pipe cut, drifted ashore and recaptured; 1 rating lost, rest of crew taken prisoner. Salvaged by the Germans, got through British naval blockade, steamed to Dar-es-Salaam, taken to pieces by railway engineers and carried by train to Kigoma, reassembled for operations on Lake Tanganyika. Hepper, possibly in error, reports that "light cruiser Pyramus later closed and destroyed her where she lay" Sold with a copy of the book - The Konisberg Adventure.
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