TaʼrifSMS Arcona NH 65764 - Restoration.jpg	English: German corvette Arcona in Nagasaki, Japan, 1897. Українська: Німецький корвет «Arcona» в Нагасакі, Японія, 1897 рік.
Sanasi	1897 [1]
Manba	history.navy.mil. Also published in: (1898). "The Germans in China". The Navy and Army Illustrated 5. London: Hudson & Kearns.
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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 13 June 2025. It was captioned as follows: English: German corvette Arcona in Nagasaki, Japan, 1897. Other languages: Čeština: SMS Arcona (1885), korveta Kaiserliche Marine (Císařského námořnictva) kotvící v přístavu 長崎市 (Nagasaki) v roce 1897. Korvety, jako je Arcona, byly rychlé a obratné lodě používané pro boj a hlídkování. V Japonsku byla součástí Ostasiengeschwader (Německé Východoasijské eskadry). Deutsch: Die deutsche Kreuzerkorvette Arcona 1897 im Hafen von Nagasaki, Japan. English: German corvette Arcona in Nagasaki, Japan, 1897. Español: Corbeta alemana Arcona en 1897, Nagasaki, Japón. Euskara: Alemaniako SMS Arcona korbeta Nagasakin (Japonia, 1897). Italiano: La corvetta SMS Arcona nella baia di Nagasaki, in Giappone, nel 1897. Operò come nave ammiraglia della Squadra dell'Estremo Oriente, costuita dalla Marina imperiale tedesca allo scoppio della prima guerra sino-giapponese nel 1894. Magyar: Az Arcona német korvett Nagaszakiban (Japán, 1897) Nederlands: Het korvet Arcona van de Kaiserliche Marine in 1897, in de haven van de Japanse stad Nagasaki Português: Corveta alemã Arcona em Nagasaki, Japão, 1897 Македонски: Германската корвета „Аркона“ во Нагасаки, 1897 г. Русский: Немецкий паровой корвет «Аркона» класса «Карола». Порт Нагасаки, Япония, 1897 год Українська: Німецький корвет «Arcona» в Нагасакі, Японія, 1897 рік.

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1. ↑ According to date on image, just above the rectangular stamp on left [in mirror writing]. The stamp says this was filed in 1899, so there's no particular reason to doubt. The writing is backwards, as it's bleeding in from the back.