• Thumbnail for Battle of Coronel
    The Battle of Coronel was a First World War Imperial German Navy victory over the Royal Navy on 1 November 1914, off the coast of central Chile near the...
    30 KB (3,954 words) - 12:28, 3 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Maximilian von Spee
    Maximilian von Spee (category Imperial German Navy admirals of World War I)
    coast of South America. Here on 1 November, he defeated the British 4th Cruiser Squadron under Rear Admiral Christopher Cradock in the Battle of Coronel, sinking...
    27 KB (3,483 words) - 02:06, 27 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of the Falkland Islands
    their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the German cruiser squadron. The battle is commemorated...
    25 KB (3,185 words) - 21:48, 24 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for SMS Scharnhorst
    SMS Scharnhorst (category Shipwrecks of the Falkland Islands)
    the Battle of Coronel. Canopus was left behind by Cradock, who probably felt her slow speed would prevent him from bringing the German ships to battle. The...
    44 KB (5,356 words) - 13:13, 7 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for HMS Glasgow (1909)
    HMS Glasgow (1909) (category Town-class cruisers (1910) of the Royal Navy)
    He found the German squadron on 1 November off the coast of Chile in the Battle of Coronel. They outnumbered Cradock's force and were individually more...
    32 KB (4,203 words) - 05:47, 28 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for SMS Dresden (1907)
    SMS Dresden (1907) (category Scuttled vessels of Germany)
    Dresden saw action in the Battle of Coronel in November, where she engaged the British cruiser HMS Glasgow, and at the Battle of the Falkland Islands in...
    40 KB (4,774 words) - 21:39, 7 April 2024
  • coronel in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Coronel may refer to: Archaic and Spanish variant of colonel Coronel, Chile, a port city in Chile Battle of...
    2 KB (311 words) - 18:51, 9 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for HMS Good Hope (1901)
    HMS Good Hope (1901) (category World War I cruisers of the United Kingdom)
    individually more powerful; they sank Cradock's two armoured cruisers in the Battle of Coronel, both, including Good Hope, being lost with all hands. Good Hope was...
    21 KB (2,487 words) - 17:08, 15 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Christopher Cradock
    Christopher Cradock (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
    numerical and tactical inferiority, he was killed during the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile in November when the German ships sank his flagship...
    28 KB (3,673 words) - 06:23, 22 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for HMS Monmouth (1901)
    HMS Monmouth (1901) (category World War I cruisers of the United Kingdom)
    individually more powerful; they sank Cradock's two armoured cruisers in the Battle of Coronel. Monmouth was lost with all hands. The Monmouths were intended to...
    19 KB (2,250 words) - 22:03, 10 September 2023