In Honor of

Cpt.Frederick H. Kilgour---Caption Of The SMS Blücher Light Cruiser For The 1st German Riech Navy.
Born 1865
Inlisted 1885
Died 1905

Taken from released records of the Samoa incedent

Cpt.Frederick H. Kilgour was a man who swore he would give his life for his men and did. Born to a poor farming family he always had a need to be out on the sea and in 1885 when his father was killed by barn fire and his mother striken by sickness sign up in the Imperial German Navy and sored threw the ranks by preforming crougeus acts of bravery for wich he was rewarded the Iron Cross, he was given his own ship the SMS Blücher. He was given a string of Recon and Search&Rescue missions and was on his way to becoming an Admiral, untill...

1907, Germany is having problems with some of its colonys. Rebelion, war, and now a Plague is riping threw a German colony in Samoa. There hasnt ben any contact with the German port thier. The last contact was a missionary ship that came from thier and reported an outbreak of some kind that is killing many and making people go insane and kill each other. The missionarys abord the ship requested supplies and when the resuppliy ship was ready all the men abord the ship were dead. Thier bodies were imedantly burned to brevent an outbreak in the FatherLand. The supply ship known as the "Angels Wing' was sent back to Samoa.

1907, the "Angels Wing" was suposed to be back 3 months ago. The government thinks that it was captured by rebels. Emporeor William II is worried, Germany had set up a oil drilling set up in Samoa and with Germanys great shiping network the need tons of oil. William II demands to know what is happing there, so Navy high command sends out its most able ship and captian Frederick H. Kilgour of the SMS Blücher.

1907, Kilgour recives his orders and is to set sail imeditly.
His ship Contians the following
100 able body seamen
2 priest
5 doctors
5 months of food
Several Luger P08 pistols
Several Gewehr 98s
Gun Powder
Basic supplies

This part of the story is taken from Kilgour;s personal dairy and starts from when the ship hits port and he and a search party of 20 reached the unamed villiage of were the medical supplies was requested.

July 15, 1907 We have reached the village. Me and 16 saliors, 1 priest,and 3 doctors are what makes up the search party. Its strange tho the village seems to be empty nothing but some blood and mutalated cattle are the only sign of a fight... My Lt. seems to be calling my name aparently they found some one...

July 16, 1907. Oh mercefull God what has happen here. All the villagers are mad with some 'Head Sickness" they came out of no were and attacked 5 of my men biting them, can you belive it they tried to eat my ship mates. The doctor is calling me...

July 16, 1907 night. The "Head Sickness' is contagius my men who were bittin died and rose up. All but 3 of my saliors an the priest are all that remains. We have heard nothing but screams and shooting coming form were we made port. I hope my men held them off. ---Note while fighting of my sick shipmattes it has come to my attion that the only way to kill a someone who is sick can only be killed with a bullet or blow to the skull.

July 17 1907, We are heading to the ship, we havent heard any nosie for a while....

This was Kilgours last entry the rest of the story is taken from the surviving crew.
There names are not given

Shipmate 1- "We left at sunrise from the village we were all scared, all except the caption. No he looked calm." "the priest was with us, he kept going on and on about damnation this and that."'I think he was the most afraid"

Shipmate2- "When we got to the port everything looked fine" But as soon as we got on deck we found thefloor coverd in blood and insides and god the smell !!" Well when _CENSORED_ went to open the cabin door all of our crew mates swarmed over him devouring him completly"

Priest- " I never fired a gun before letalone kill a man, but they wernt men they were demons of hell" The caption yelled for us to get in the life boat and when we were in it he cut the lines leaving him alone with those things"

Shipmate 3- The tide took us out to see and all we herd was a few gun shots, then BOOM the whole ship up in flames. I guess he blew up the armory. Ill miss the caption.


Cptn.Frederick H. Kilgour of the SMS Blücher. died to protect his crew and the safty of Germany and perhaps the world.


I Honor him by telling his story










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