Battle of Coronel
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The Battle of Coronel was a First World War naval battle that led to an Imperial German Navy victory over the Royal Navy on 1 November 1914, off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel. Th
Die Seeschlacht bei Coronel, Hans Bohrdt
Vice-Admiral Maximilian von Spee
Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock
SMS Scharnhorst
SMS Nürnberg (1906)
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SMS Nürnberg, named after the Bavarian city of Nuremberg, was a Königsberg-class light cruiser built for the German Imperial Navy. Her sisters included Königsberg, Stettin, and Stuttgart. She was buil
Plan and profile drawing of the Königsberg class
Nürnberg in Mexico, c. 1914
Nürnberg in Mexico, c. 1914
The German squadron leaving Valparaíso on 3 November after the battle, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the lead and Nürnberg following. In the middle distance are a group of Chilean warships