Samoan crisis

Samoan crisis
Part of Samoan Civil War
The sketch features the locations of the wrecked German and American ships.
Date 1887–1889 Location Apia Harbour, Samoa, Pacific Ocean Result Both squadrons wrecked
Belligerents
United States	German Empire
Commanders and leaders
Lewis Kimberly	Fritze
Strength
1 sloop-of-war 1 steamer 1 gunboat 200 marines	3 gunboats 150 marines
Casualties and losses
62 killed 1 sloop-of-war sunk 1 steamer sunk 1 gunboat grounded	~73 killed 1 gunboat sunk 2 gunboats grounded
The British in the cruiser HMS Calliope participated as mediators, and the ship sustained fair damage. Several merchant ships were also wrecked during the cyclone.

The Samoan crisis was a standoff between the United States, the German Empire, and the British Empire from 1887 to 1889 over control of the Samoan Islands during the First Samoan Civil War.^[1]