Did the SMS Seydlitz sink?
SMS Seydlitz
Salvaging "Seydlitz" also proved difficult, as the ship sank again during the first attempt to raise her, wrecking most of the salvage equipment. Undaunted, Cox tried again, ordering that when she was next raised, news cameras would be there to capture him witnessing the moment. The plan nearly backfired when "Seydlitz" was accidentally refloated while Cox was holidaying in Switzerland. Cox told the workers to sink her again, then returned to Britain to be present as "Seydlitz" was duly refloated a third time.
SMS Adler
SMS "Adler" was a gunboat of the Imperial German Navy. She was launched 3 November 1883 in the Imperial shipyard in Kiel. On 5 September 1888, she shelled Manono Island and Apolima, Samoa, which were strongholds of Malietoa’s forces. She was wrecked together with the German gunboat , the German corvette , the United States Navy gunboat , the U.S. Navy screw steamer , and the U.S. Navy sloop-of-war on 16 March 1889 in a hurricane at Apia, Samoa, during the Samoan crisis. Twenty crew members lost their lives.