SMS Sankt Georg
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SMS Sankt Georg was an armored cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy
Austro-Hungarian Navy
The Austro-Hungarian Navy was the naval force of Austria-Hungary. Its official name in German was Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine , abbreviated as k.u.k. Kriegsmarine....
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The Sankt Georg was selected as main motif of a very recent Austrian coin: the S.M.S. Sankt Georg commemorative coin, minted in 14 September 2005. The obverse shows the armored cruiser sailing into New York Harbor
New York Harbor
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on 17 May 1907; passing right in front of the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...
. This was to be the last visit of an Austrian naval vessel in the U.S.A.
In 1920 the ship was ceded to Britain and was eventually scrapped.