page_title: Manza Bay
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Manza Bay / History
caption_attribution_description: English: 1915-04-14: Cruiser Hyacinth (Royal Navy) meets the german auxiliary ship Rubens at the coast of german east africa. Rubens escapes in the Manza Bay. Deutsch: 14. April 1915: Kreuzer Hyacinth der Royal Navy triff auf das deutsche Hilfsschiff Rubens an der Küste Deutsch-Ostafrikas. Rubens entkommt in die Mansabucht.
context_page_description: Manza Bay is a bay in Tanzania. It is located on the coast, some 10 miles north of the town of Tanga.
context_section_description: During World War I, a German vessel called the Kronborg (the captured British vessel Rubens), on a mission to resupply the besieged SMS Königsberg, was sunk by the British ship HMS Hyacinth. 
  During World War II, the Royal Navy laid indicator loops in front of the Manza Bay to defend the coast against German and Japanese submarines.
caption: April 1915: Rubens escapes in the Manza Bay.
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