leon21 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 The wreck of Admiral Graf von Spee's Flagship SMS Sharnhorst. sunk during the Battle of the Falklands Islands in 1914 has been recently found off the coast of the Falklands. During the Battle the Sharnhorst was sunk first with the Admiral aboard, his sons on the Gneisenau and the Nurnberg also went down with their ships, the Leipzig was also sunk the only ship in the South Seas Squadron to escape was the Dresden. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 Untergang der SMS "Leipzig" 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 Here are images of the 5 Ships of the German South Seas Squadron. All images from other sources. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 Auch wenn der Mann fällt, muß die Flagge wehen 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leon21 Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 After SMS Dresden escaped destruction, she managed to eluded the British warships following her for several months until March 1915 when she arrived at Robinson Crusoe Island. Almost out of coal and her engines worn out, her Captain asked the Chilean Authorities to have the ship interned there. By now the British warships HMS Kent and Glasgow had caught up with her as she lay in harbour, the British ignoring Chilean Neutrality opened fire on the Dresden hitting the ship several times and injuring several of her crew. The Captain ran up the white flag and sending over one of his officers for talks with the British. This gave him time for most of the crew to escape and Scuttle the ship. The crew were interned till the end of the war. In 2006 Chilean and German divers found and recovered the ships bell and in November 2008 the bell was presented to the Museum of the German Armed Forces at Dresden, by the Republic of Chile. Images from other sources. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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