HMS Kent (1901)
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HMS Kent was one of 10 Monmouth-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. She was placed in reserve when completed in 1903, but was recommissioned for t
Kent leaving Portsmouth, 1903
Kent Passing South Sand Lightship
Starboard forward casemate showing some of the damage incurred by Kent during the Battle of the Falkland Islands
Dresden, 14 March 1915, the white flag of surrender is flying from the foremast
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
HMS Kent (1901)
…destroyed in the Battle of Coronel. During the subsequent Battle of the Falkland Islands at the end of 1914, the ship sank the German light cruiser Nürnberg. Several months later she discovered the sole surviving German ship from that battle and forced the light cruiser Dresden to scuttle herself in the…
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