 The harbour was also the site of an infamous 15 March 1889 naval standoff in which seven ships from Germany, the US, and Britain refused to leave harbour while a typhoon was clearly approaching, lest the first moved would lose face.All the ships were sunk, except the British cruiser "Calliope", which barely managed to leave port at 1 mile per hour and ride out the storm.Nearly 200 American and German lives were lost, as well as six ships sunk or damaged beyond repair.