SMS Taku

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SMS Taku was a Hai Lung-class destroyer operated by the Imperial German Navy between 1900 and 1914. The destroyer was delivered to the Qing Dynasty in 1899 as Hai Jing as part of an effort to rebuild the Navy following the First Sino-Japanese War. The destroyer, along with her squadron, was captured by a British contingent during the Battle of the Taku Forts in 1900 and distributed to members of the Eight-Nation Alliance. In German service, she was renamed and operated out of Tsingtao. Due to boiler issues, she was decommissioned in 1914. After technical difficulties prevented her from being used during the Siege of Tsingtao, she was scuttled in the city's bay on 28 September 1914.

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