SMS Geier incident

SMS Geier Incident
	Part of Part of Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I
	; SMS Geier
Date	October – November 1914
Location	Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, United States
Result	SMS Geier and Locksun interned
Belligerents
United States Territory of Hawaii; Japan	Germany
Strength
United States Territory of Hawaii Fort Shafter; Fort Kamehameha; ; Japan Japanese battleship Hizen; Japanese cruiser Asama;	SMS Geier ; Collier Locksun
Casualties and losses
None	All crew of the ships were interned

The SMS Geier Incident involved the German unprotected cruiser SMS Geier and the collier Locksun that went sailed into Honolulu during World War I. This increased some tensions between Germany and the United States during the war.