#1: SMS Scharnorst found Sunk Falklands WW1 Author: Bungarra, Location: Murchison region, West AustraliaPosted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 11:48 pm — Small extract......
It was Britain's first naval defeat of World War One and it was a devastating one. The Germans sank two of the four British ships with the loss of more than 1,600 lives. Not a single German sailor died.
The defeat at Coronel sent shock waves through the British empire and beyond.
But the British response was not long in coming.
The Royal Navy despatched ships from the North Sea down to the South Atlantic and confronted the Germans at the Falkland Islands five weeks later.
The British squadron pursued and engaged the German squadron. HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible inflicted substantial damage on SMS Scharnhorst, causing it to sink with all 860 people on board. The Royal Navy then gave pursuit to the remaining German ships.
#2: Re: SMS Scharnorst found Sunk Falklands WW1 Author: JFFulcrum, Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 4:20 pm — Sadly, in June 1940 next SMS Scharnhorst with her sister-ship made for UK the second Coronel, catching up HMS Glorious with little escort near Norway, although heroic actions of HMS Acasta caused more damage in return, that was in Coronel battle. But final fate was exactly the same: trapped and outgunned, second Scharnhorst went deep near North Cape in 1943. History tends to repeat itself
#3: Re: SMS Scharnorst found Sunk Falklands WW1 Author: Bungarra, Location: Murchison region, West AustraliaPosted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:12 pm — More on HMS Acasta here.....
#4: Re: SMS Scharnorst found Sunk Falklands WW1 Author: Bungarra, Location: Murchison region, West AustraliaPosted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 12:11 am — More on the Battle Cruiser WWII Scharnhorst here.....
