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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Admirals of Germany, German pirates, German yacht racers, Olympic sailors of East Germany, Olympic sailors of West Germany, Fritz Sauckel, Felix von Luckner, Karl Rudolf Brommy, Klaus Stortebeker, Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Victual Brothers, Roland Gabler, Christian Nissen, Jochen Schumann, Wolfram Kuhn, Hans Howaldt, Max Reichpietsch, Edgar Gold, Hans Voss, Hannes Lindemann, Boris Herrmann, Wilhelm Kuhweide, Eduard von Jachmann, Cord Widderich, Wilfried Erdmann, Bernd Jakel, Thomas Flach, Eckart Diesch, Jorg Diesch, Felix Oehme, Rollo Gebhard, Gustav Schroder, Barnim VI, Duke of Pomerania, Magister Wigbold, Paul Wiesner, Peter Naumann, Gottfried Michaelsen, Karl-Heinz Thun, Paul Borowski, Konrad Weichert, Felix Scheder-Bieschin, Frank Hubner, Ullrich Libor, Harro Bode, Theodor Thomsen, Michael Zachries, Erich Natusch, Olaf Engelhardt, Dieter Below, Jorg Spengler, Jorg Schmall, Georg Nowka, Klein Henszlein, Ingo Borkowski, Gunnar Bahr, Jan-Peter Peckolt, Hannes Peckolt, Albert Batzill, Rene Schwall, Alexander Hagen, Hennig Wichmann, Uwe Mares, Hans Ludemann, Karsten Meyer, Hans-Joachim Weise, Joachim Griese, Michael Marcour, Peter Bischoff. Excerpt: Felix Graf von Luckner (born Dresden, Germany, 9 June 1881, died Malmo, Sweden, 13 April 1966) was a German nobleman, navy officer, author and noted sailor who earned the epithet Der Seeteufel (the Sea-Devil) -- and his crew that of Die Piraten des Kaisers (the Emperor's Pirates) -- for his exploits in command of the sailing commerce raider SMS Seeadler (Sea Eagle) in 1916-1917. It was his habit of successfully waging war without any casualties that made him a hero and a legend on both sides. He was the great-grandson of Nicolas Luckner, Marshal of France and commander-in-chief of the French Army of the Rhine, who had been elevated to count in the 18th century...