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He was a child of aristocracy who ran away to sea. He fought in the biggest naval battle of the First World War. He captained the last square rigged sailing ship ever to be used in combat. He sailed ...

German navy officer and Auckland prisoner of war Count Felix von Luckner escaped from Motuihe Island in 1917, only to be captured at sea eight days later. Photo / Herald archives A stiff northerly ...