The Scharnhorst, an armoured battle-cruiser and the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron, was sunk on 8 December 1914 during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, a ...

A SHIPWRECKED German World War 1 cruiser has been found off the Falkland Islands after it was sunk by the Royal Navy 105 years ago. SMS Scharnhorst was the flagship of German Vice-Admiral Maximilia… ...

The admiral, realizing he couldn’t escape, turned his heavy battle cruisers around in an attempt to give the unit’s smaller ships enough time to flee. Ultimately, a total of 2,200 German ...

Descendants of the three admirals who led the Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy at the Battles of Coronel and the Falklands in the First World War have paid tribute at sea.

WW1; WW1 Battle of Coronel Rear Admiral: Coward or hero? ... As the fleets got nearer, the German shelling became much more accurate and HMS Good Hope and Monmouth were soon in flames.

German WWI wreck Scharnhorst discovered off Falklands. 5 December 2019. ... SMS Scharnhorst was the flagship of German Vice-Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee's East Asia Squadron.

WW1 German grave mistakes corrected in Orkney cemetery. Published. 24 May 2019. Share. ... Rear Admiral Ludwig von Reuter is believed to have given the order to sink them because he feared the ...

The German scuttling of the fleet is one of the best-known events of WW1. ... "About the most dramatic moment of the whole day was the meeting of the English and German Admirals," wrote David.