Talk:RMS Teutonic

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SS or RMS?
I am pretty sure she was an RMS though I am open to correction if in error. -Ad Orientem (talk) 17:41, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Tsunami or rogue wave?
The article states that SS Teutonic, when in use as a troop carrier during the Boer War, narrowly survived a tsunami. A tsunami in open sea is just a very fast-moving wave, but it has no exceptional height; so this would not explain how the look-outs could be washed from the crow's nest. A rogue wave, by contrast, is a very high wave that could definitely have washed the look-outs away; and the seas off the SE coast of South Africa where the Agulhas current meets western storms are known for rogue waves. If it were a tsunami, the ship would have had to be very near the coast to be impacted and would most likely have been washed ashore. Not sure how to resolve this, but if it were a tsunami, could the relevant earthquake be cited? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 116.212.194.244 (talk) 02:22, 1 May 2014 (UTC)

Tsunami or Rouge Wave
The article says a Tsunami wave knocked two look outs from the crows nest. It seem far more probably that it was a Rouge or Freak Wave as Tsunami waves while at sea are little more than small swells. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Two2teps (talk • contribs) 15:46, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Correction re: Spithead Naval Review, 1889
Kaiser Wilhelm did, indeed, attend a Naval Review at Spithead in August, 1889. However, the event was not related to either Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee Review (1887) or Diamond Jubilee Review (1897). Rather, it was specifically organized in conjunction with Kaiser Wilhelm's state visit to Osborne House on the Isle of Wight, Victoria's summer residence. The invitation had been issued on the advice of the Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury, to placate the (paranoid) Wilhelm, who claimed to have been previously slighted by his "Uncle Bertie," the Prince of Wales.

Bad weather had forced the postponement of the Review for several days which finally took place on August 5th and 6th. Queen Victoria attended the event, though she remained on the Royal Yacht. The Kaiser and Prince of Wales undertook a two-hour tour of the Teutonic, at the end of which Wilhelm is reputed to have said "We must have some of these ..."

Because the Teutonic's maiden voyage was scheduled for August 7th, she was forced to leave before the formal conclusion of the Review. Yankeecook2 (talk) 01:21, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Possible media addition
https://www.loc.gov/item/2013607062/

Presumably a short film of the Teutonic --FeanorStar7 (talk) 13:01, 29 September 2021 (UTC)

Request Edit
Thanks for your comments. I realize you have to be careful what you add to Wikipedia. I changed the following text and citation to point to the fact that races between liners were a common occurrence. Let me know what you think?
 * Information to be added or removed: Add text and citation under "Career" section. Text reads: Transatlantic races between the Teutonic and liner City of New York were common in the 19th-century. They usually began in either Queenstown Harbour or New York Harbor. On August 14, 1890, the Teutonic beat the City of New York by over three hours, and broke the ocean record by coming from Queenstown in 5 days, 19 hours, and 5 minutes, and breaking the record by 13 minutes.
 * Explanation of issue: To include information on liner races and times.
 * References supporting change: --Greg Henderson (talk) 17:46, 23 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Good digging. Can't object to that as it is fully supported by the sources and mentioned on the Blue Riband article so feel free to add Lyndaship (talk) 18:05, 23 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll add it. --Greg Henderson (talk) 20:06, 23 October 2021 (UTC)