The Battle Of The Falkland Islands 1914

Author : H. Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,5 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 : Richard Hough
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Coronel, Battle of, 1914
ISBN : 190438112X

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Falklands 1914 by Richard Hough Pdf

This naval history tells the dramatic story of the destruction of Germany's East Asiatic Squadron in the opening weeks of the World War I. This crack force of armoured cruisers, led by Vice-Admiral von Spee, had the potential to be a menace to Allied shipping in the Pacific.

Author : Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230440755

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

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ... of wax found him on a cruise in the Pacific, which ultimately extended far beyond his expectations. The two armoured cruisers Scharnhorst--in which Admiral von Spee flew his flag--and Gneisenau left Nagasaki on June 28th, 1914. Their movements southward are of no particular interest until their arrival on July 7th at the Truk or Rug Islands, in the Caroline group, which then belonged to Germany. After a few days they leisurely continued their cruise amongst the islands of Polynesia. About the middle of the month the light cruiser Nurnberg was hastily recalled from San Francisco, and sailed on July 21st, joining von Spee's squadron at Ponape (also one of the Caroline Islands), where the three ships mobilised for war. On August 6th they sailed for an unknown destination, taking with them an auxiliary cruiser called the Titania. Apparently they were somewhat short of provisions, particularly of fresh meat and potatoes, for it was said in an intercepted letter that their diet consisted mainly of "spun yarn" (preserved meat). On August 22nd the Nurnberg was sent to Honolulu to get papers and to send telegrams, rejoining the squadron shortly afterwards. A day or two later she was again detached, this time to Fanning Island, where she destroyed the British cable station, cut the cable, rejoining the squadron about September 7th, apparently at Christmas Island. Hearing that hostile forces were at Apia (Samoan Islands), von Spee sailed southward only to find, on his arrival, that it was empty of shipping. The squadron now proceeded eastward to the French Society Islands to see what stores were to be found there. Completing supplies of coal at Bora Bora Island, it suddenly appeared off Papeete, the capital of Tahiti, on September 22nd. A French...

Author : L. Cecil Jane,A. Neville Hilditch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,6 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 : Geoffrey Bennett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,9 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 : Spencer-Coo H (Henry Edmund Harvey)
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019386541

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands by Spencer-Coo H (Henry Edmund Harvey) Pdf

This book, written by Commander Henry Spencer-Cooper of the Royal Navy, details the events leading up to the battle, as well as its aftermath. The battle, fought in 1914, was a significant naval engagement of World War I. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Capt. Geoffrey Bennett
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Michael McNally
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782002987

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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 : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Falkland Islands, Battle of the, 1914
ISBN : WISC:89100005453

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper Pdf

Author : Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Falkland Island, Battle of the, 1914
ISBN : 066587670X

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The Battle of the Falkland Island by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper Pdf

Author : Max Hastings,Simon Jenkins
Publisher : Michael Joseph
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015007047056

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The Battle for the Falklands by Max Hastings,Simon Jenkins Pdf

Hastings' eyewitness account must come as close to a definitive history of any war ever written.

Author : Jrgen Prommersberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533176337

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Battles at Sea in World War I by Jrgen Prommersberger Pdf

The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a British naval victory over the Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 during the First World War in the South Atlantic. The British, after a defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, had sent a large force to track down and destroy the victorious German cruiser squadron of Graf Spee.This book tells the story of this fight. It describes the ships and their history, the commanders and their decisions and of course it shows a lot of original historic pictures.

Author : Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0243711948

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Battle of the Falkland Islands by Henry Edmund Harvey Spencer-Cooper Pdf

Author : Thomas Benjamin Dixon
Publisher : Blandford
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015001712622

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The Enemy Fought Splendidly by Thomas Benjamin Dixon Pdf

Dette værk omfatter skibslægens dagbog ført om bord i H.M.S. KENT i krigsårene 1914 og 1915, hvor dette orlogsskib indgik i jagten på de tyske krydsere DRESDEN og NÜRNBERG.

Author : H 1884 Spencer-Cooper
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 129775672X

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The Battle of the Falkland Islands by H 1884 Spencer-Cooper Pdf

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