Samoan crisis

Samoan crisis
Part of Samoan Civil War

The sketch features the locations of the wrecked German and American ships.
Date1887–1889
Location
Apia Harbour, Samoa, Pacific Ocean
Result Both squadrons wrecked
Belligerents
 United States German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Lewis Kimberly Fritze
Strength
1 sloop-of-war
1 steamer
1 gunboat 200 marines		 3 gunboats 150 marines
Casualties and losses
62 killed
1 sloop-of-war sunk
1 steamer sunk
1 gunboat grounded		 ~73 killed
1 gunboat sunk
2 gunboats grounded
  • The British in the cruiser HMS Calliope participated as mediators, and the ship sustained fair damage.
  • Several merchant ships were also wrecked during the cyclone.

The Samoan crisis was a standoff between the United States, the German Empire, and the British Empire from 1887 to 1889 over control of the Samoan Islands during the First Samoan Civil War.

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