Coronel And The Falkland Island

Author : Capt. Geoffrey Bennett
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787207011

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Coronel and the Falklands by Capt. Geoffrey Bennett Pdf

On 1 November 1914, off the coast of Chile near Coronel, ships of the German and British navies exchanged fire, resulting in the sinking of two British ships HMS Monmouth and HMS Good Hope with the loss of nearly 1,600 sailors. To counter the German squadron, the Royal Navy sent two battle-cruisers—Inflexible and Invincible—to the South Atlantic. In December 1914, the British battle-cruisers, accompanied by smaller ships, engaged the German squadron during the Battle of the Falkland Islands and sank the German armoured cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau near the Falkland Islands. First published in 1962, this is a gripping account of the World War I British-German naval battles off the coast of South America, and an examination of the issue of Britain’s preparation for naval warfare in 1914.

Author : A. Neville Hilditch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Falkland Islands, Battle of the, 1914
ISBN : OCLC:1042058750

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Coronel and the Falkland Island by A. Neville Hilditch Pdf

Author : A Neville Hilditch
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015332552

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Coronel and the Falkland Island [microform] by A Neville Hilditch Pdf

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Author : Geoffrey Martin Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Coronel, Battle of, 1914
ISBN : 1841580457

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Coronel and the Falklands by Geoffrey Martin Bennett Pdf

The outbreak of World War I saw some deadly battles on the high seas in isolated areas. Germany's China Squadron, including the Scharnhorst and Gneisnau, made an epic voyage across the Pacific to attack British forces in South America. Admiral Craddock found himself outgunned by the Germans at Coronel and went down with most of his ships and crews. The Germans then advanced on the British communications and refueling station in the Falkland Islands but were sunk by a new British fleet; only a few German sailors were rescued. This tense tale also examines the issue of Britain's preparedness for naval warfare in 1914.

Author : Phil Carradice
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Coronel, Battle of, 1914
ISBN : 1781553475

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The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands by Phil Carradice Pdf

The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands: British Naval Campaigns in the Southern Hemisphere 1914-15 tells the story of British cruiser warfare and naval strategy in the Southern Atlantic during the First World War. This was the last naval campaign that was fought just by surface ships without the intrusion of modern technology such as aircraft, submarines and mines. German commerce raiders had been at large in the southern oceans since the declaration of war on 4 August 1914 and it was imperative that British forces should hunt and destroy them before they caused untold damage to British trade. The campaign to bring a German squadron to battle met with disaster (The Battle of Coronel) before final victory at the Falkland Islands. Individual raiders such as the Emden, Dresden and Konigsburg were also hunted and destroyed in a fascinating series of actions where bravery and courage were displayed by both sides.

Author : Michael McNally
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781849086752

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Coronel and Falklands 1914 by Michael McNally Pdf

A highly illustrated account of the naval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914, which saw the destruction of both British and German squadrons. Upon the outbreak of war, the British Royal Navy was deployed globally, whilst the Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two areas – Home Waters and Tsingtao, the home port of the crack East Asia Cruiser Squadron which, under the command of Admiral von Spee contained some of Germany's most modern cruisers. As Spee made his way to the Chilean port of Valparaiso, he met the British 4th Cruiser Squadron which had been ordered to engage and defeat the German force. This resulted in the battle of Coronel where the antiquated British warships proved no match for Spee's modern cruisers. It was the first naval defeat suffered by the Royal Navy in over 100 years. When news reached London, panic reigned and two ships HMS Inflexible and Invincible were sent to lead the force against Spee. When bad weather delayed the German arrival, Spee knew that he had to stand and fight, unaware that amongst the ships opposing him were two modern battlecruisers which outclassed any of his own squadron's ships. Given the presence of Inflexible and Invincible, the result of the battle had an inevitable outcome and after several hours hard combat, Spee's ships were defeated.

Author : Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547050322

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands, Before and After by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper Pdf

"The Battle of the Falkland Islands " by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper is a book that has been written to link with the description of the Falkland Islands battle, fought on December 8th, 1914, the events leading up to that engagement. In order to preserve accuracy as far as possible, each phase presented has been read and approved by the officers who participated. Excerpt: "We are now approaching the end of the third year of this great war, and most Englishmen, having had some of the experience that war inevitably brings with it, will agree that the words which Nelson spoke are as true to-day as when they were uttered just over a century ago. Furthermore, as time and the war go on, the spirit of the whole British nation—be it man or woman—is put to an ever-increasing test of endurance, which is sustained and upheld by those two simple words, "England's Honour."

Author : Geoffrey Bennett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473834859

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The Battles of Coronel and the Falklands, 1914 by Geoffrey Bennett Pdf

The defeat that Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock suffered at Coronel in 1914 at the hands of Maximilian Graf von Spee, one of Germany's most brilliant naval commanders, was the most humiliating blow to British naval prestige since the eighteenth century and a defeat that had to be avenged immediately. On 8 December 1914, the German squadron steamed towards Port Stanley, unaware that in the harbour lay two great British battle-cruisers, the 'Invincible' and 'Inflexible'. Realizing this, Spee had no option but to turn and flee. Hour by hour during that long day, the British ships closed in until, eventually, Spee was forced to confront the enemy. With extraordinary courage, and against hopeless odds, the German cruisers fought to the bitter end. At five-thirty that afternoon, the last ship slowly turned and rolled to the bottom. Cradock and Britain had been avenged.

Author : Barrie Pitt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Coronel, Battle of
ISBN : UOM:39015016924089

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Coronel and Falkland by Barrie Pitt Pdf

Author : A. Neville Hilditch
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0265742331

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Coronel and the Falkland Islands (Classic Reprint) by A. Neville Hilditch Pdf

Excerpt from Coronel and the Falkland Islands The Glasgow swept round to northward, calling to the flagship with her wireless. Von Spec, anticipating this move, at once set his wireless in operation, in order to jamb the British signals. Captain Luce soon picked up the M oumouth and the Otranto, and the three ships raced northwards towards the flagship, the Glasgow leading. At about five o'clock the Good Hope was seen approaching. The three ships wheeled into line behind her, and the whole squadron now proceeded south. Von Spec, coming up from that direction in line ahead, about twelve miles ofi, changed his course and also proceeded south, keeping nearer to the coast. The wind was now blowing almost with the force of a hurri cane. So heavy was the sea that small boats would have been unable to keep afloat. But the sky was not completely overcast, and the sun was shining. Firing had not opened. The washing of the seas and the roaring of the wind deafened the a r to other sounds. The warship of to-day, when her great turbines are whirling round at their highest speed, moves without throb and almost without vibration through the waves. The two squadrons, drawing level, the Germans nearer to the coast, raced in the teeth of the gale, in two parallel lines, to the south. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Geoffrey Martin Bennett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1967-11-01
Category : Coronel, Battle of, 1914
ISBN : 0330269356

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Coronel and the Falklands by Geoffrey Martin Bennett Pdf

Author : Keith Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Coronel, Battle of, 1914
ISBN : OCLC:252503031

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Coronel by Keith Phillips Pdf

Author : H. Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0857064711

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914 by H. Spencer-Cooper Pdf

The Royal Navy strikes back In the final months of the first year of the First World War a squadron of the Imperial German Navy under von Spee decisively destroyed a weaker British force under Cradock off the coast of South America. This action in the Southern Pacific, known as the Battle of Coronel (after the nearest coastal town in Chile) delivered a decisive blow to the prestige and perception of British sea power and prompted a determined and powerfully resourced retaliatory response from the British Admiralty which would lead to the events described in this book, the Battle of the Falkland Islands. The German cruiser squadron comprised two armoured cruisers, Scharnorst, Gneisenau, three light cruisers, Nurnberg, Dresden and Leipzig plus three auxiliary support vessels. After his Coronel victory, von Spee had sailed his squadron south with the intention of raiding the supply base at Port Stanley in the Falklands in the South Atlantic, when on December 8th, 1914 it was brought to engagement by the avenging stronger British force under Doveton Sturdee comprising the battle cruisers Invincible and Inflexible, the armoured cruisers Carnarvon, Cornwall and Kent and two light cruisers Bristol and Glasgow. The outcome was perhaps as inevitable as it was intended to be. Only two German vessels escaped being sunk. Students of naval history will know that for a century the Royal Navy's dominance of the seaways had meant that it had fought few major engagements since Trafalgar. The First World War was dominated by the Battle of Jutland. So this account of modern warships in action is of vital interest. Available in softcover and hardback for collectors.

Author : L. Cecil Jane,A. Neville Hilditch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0857065408

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The Naval War of 1914 by L. Cecil Jane,A. Neville Hilditch Pdf

The worlds great navies grappling for dominance of the high seas The Battle of Heligoland Bight was the first naval battle of the Great War, fought in the late summer of 1914 when the Royal Navy devised a plan to ambush German patrols operating in the northern North Sea. A sizeable force of British warships under the commands of Tyrwhitt, Keyes, Goodenough and Beatty were set to the task and the ensuing conflict resulted in the sinking of three German light cruisers and one destroyer. Three German light cruisers were also damaged. The British loss was light and the action is widely regarded as a victory for the British. The most significant outcome was a reluctance on the part of the Kaiser to further risk his battle fleet and it remained impotently confined to port. The actions in the South Pacific and South Atlantic that were the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands centred around the marauding naval squadron under the command of von Spee. The German squadron inflicted a humiliating and crushing defeat against a weaker force under Cradock off the coast of Chile and an outraged admiralty despatched a substantially stronger squadron under Doveton Sturdee to exact revenge. It caught up with von Spee's squadron as he was about to raid the base at Port Stanley in the Falkland Islands and practically annihilated it. These two small naval engagement histories have been brought together for good value by Leonaur. They are available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.

Author : Patrick Joseph Bishop,John Witherow
Publisher : Quartet Books (UK)
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015002346057

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The Winter War by Patrick Joseph Bishop,John Witherow Pdf

Depicts the British attack on the Falkland Islands and portrays the experiences of the English soldiers during the war.