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7 October
7 October
1917
German 'Sea Devil' imprisoned in New Zealand
Felix Graf von Luckner earned the epithet Der Seeteufel (the Sea Devil) for his exploits as captain of the German raider SMS
Seeadler
in 1916–17.
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