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Count Felix von Luckner in Sydney

by Australian National Maritime Museum on The Commons

This series of photographs were taken when the German count and navy officer Felix Graf von Luckner visited Sydney in 1938. Accompanied by his wife, Ingeborg von Luckner, and crew, he sailed into Sydney on board the two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL.

For more information on Count von Luckner's visit see our blog post 'Espionage and paranoia: The Sea Devil tours Australia'.

Photographer: Samuel J Hood

36 photos · 1.6K views

Boatswain Karl Muller smoking a pipe and hosing the deck of SEETEUFEL

Two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL anchored in Neutral Bay near Kirribilli, Sydney

Count Felix von Luckner, centre with wife Ingeborg von Luckner, at the Man O' War Steps in Sydney

Count von Luckner, centre, with visitors on board SEETEUFEL

Count Felix von Luckner, centre with wife Ingeborg von Luckner, at the Man O' War Steps in Sydney

Count Felix von Luckner, left, shaking hands with an unidentified man on board SEETEUFEL

Count Felix Graf von Luckner with wife Countess Ingeborg von Luckner on board SEETEUFEL

Two-masted schooner SEETEUFEL in Sydney Harbour

Count Felix Graf von Luckner visiting the Royal Military College of Duntroon, Canberra

First Officer Paul Kause, Count Felix Graf von Luckner and unidentified man on board SEETEUFEL

Count Felix Graf von Luckner with Brigadier-General C G N Miles at the Royal Military College in Duntroon, Canberra

Count Felix Graf von Luckner with Brigadier-General C G N Miles at the Royal Military College in Duntroon, Canberra

Cook, Hohn Winter, on board SEETEUFEL with a civilian man

Count Felix Graf von Luckner and a woman on board SEETEUFEL

German seaman Frederich Thiele on board SEETEUFEL

Count Felix Graf von Luckner signing an autograph in Sydney

Count Felix Graf von Luckner on board SEETEUFEL

Count Felix Graf von Luckner seated fourth from left at a dinner

Count Felix Graf and Countess Ingeborg von Luckner in Sydney

Count Felix Graf von Luckner standing in centre in profile at a dinner

Count Felix Graf von Luckner smoking a pipe next to an unidentified man

Count Felix Graf von Luckner smoking a pipe at a table with unidentified individuals

Count Felix Graf and Countess Ingeborg von Luckner, at the Man O' War Steps in Sydney