sentences:  The new "Cormoran" replaced the original SMS "Cormoran", a small shallow draft cruiser that had a long Imperial Navy career in the Pacific, having taken part in the events that brought Kiautschou into the German colonial empire in 1897–98.The old "Cormoran" was laid up at Tsingtao with serious maintenance issues and unable to go to sea, and her armaments were transferred to the captured merchant ship.On 10 August 1914, the new "Cormoran" (or "Cormoran II") left Tsingtao harbor and sailed through the South Pacific region.