Harbour of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea on 24 June 2024

Since 1994 capital of New Britain, Papua New Guinea replacing Rabaul. Former  Herbertshöhe and until 1910 capital of German New Guinea. Very small port. 

Survivors of British sailing ship Aigburth saved by German ships according to the Dutch newspaper Het nieuws van den dag: kleine courant dated 24 August 1904

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 20th August referred to a telegram of the governor of German New Guinea that 16 survivor of the British ship Aigburth (1) were rescued by the German warship Möwe (2) and the German government steamship Seestern (3). Her captain and 7 other crewmember arrived safe at Brisbane, Australia.

Notes
1. British sailing ship underway from Newcastle, New South Wales towards Samarang, Dutch East Indies wrecked off New-Britain [Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea]. Captain John Henry Reid. Fully rigged vessel lost on 10 July 1904 at Rook Island. Built by Williamson R.&Son, Workington, United Kingdom in 1882. Owned by Welsford J.H.&Co. Ltd. Gulf Transport Line, R.W. Leyland Shipping Co. Ltd., Liverpool, England/
2. Gunboat. Launched with yard number 143 by F. Schichau, Elbing, Germany on 13 May 1879, commissioned on 31 May 1880 and stricken on 9 December 1905. Sister ship HMS Habicht.
3. Small government steel built twin screw steamship of 589 ton, stationed in German New Guinea and which disappeared after she left on 3 June 1909 Brisbane via Samarai towards Adolfshaven, normally a voyage of around 2 weeks. Chartered from the Norddeutschen Lloyd. In Germany assured for 20.000 pound sterling. 

Japan desired parity in numbers of battleships compared with the USA and the United Kingdom according to the Dutch newspaper 24 March 1933

An item dated San Francisco, USA 23rd March reported that Japan after the ending of the London Naval Treaty in 1935 desired a parity in the numbers of battleships compared with the USA and England stated vice admiral Nagana on his way back from Washington, USA towards Japan. A tiding from Tokyo reported that Japan despite leaving the League of Nations wanted to keep her mandates while the former German colonies were of major importance for the Japanese navy.(1)

Note
1.Japan left the League in 1933. The South Pacific Mandate consisted of islands in the North Pacific which earlier were part of German New Guinea. The islands were under Japanese control under the term Japanese mandate for the South Seas Island until the Second World War.