Crew of SMS Breslau

Provisions being distributed to the crew of the German light cruiser SMS Breslau, date unknown.

At the beginning of the First World War the Breslau was transferred to the Ottoman Navy and renamed the Midilli. Despite sailing under the Ottoman flag she retained her German crew. During the war the Breslau took part in operations in the Black Sea area until sunk by mines in January 1918 during a raid on the island of Imbros in the Aegean Sea.