1 November 1914
Battle of Coronel
Defeats Craddock then sails around Cape Horn to scour the South Atlantic
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Coronel in Germany. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Defeats Craddock then sails around Cape Horn to scour the South Atlantic
The British under Craddock fail to prevent German commerce raiding in the south Pacific. The British are outnumbered & defeated & lose 2 cruisers & 1,500 crew. Spees forces sink the HMS Good Hope & HMS Monmouth. British defeat by Admiral Spee including the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau & Nurnberg
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