Ayesha (ship)
The Ayesha was a wooden topsail schooner, which was commandeered by a landing party of the German light cruiser SMS Emden. This landing party was able to escape being taken as prisoners of war, in November 1914, after their ship was destroyed in a battle with the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney.
SMS Ayesha | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| British Empire | |
| Name | Ayesha |
| Launched | 1907 |
| Fate | Captured by landing party from SMS Emden |
| German Empire | |
| Name | SMS Ayesha |
| Commissioned | 9 November 1914 |
| Fate | Scuttled |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Schooner |
| Tonnage | 97 grt |
| Length | 30 m (98 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion | 3 masts |
| Complement |
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