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 the China Station in 1906. She remained there until she returned home in 1913 for a lengthy refit.
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
Battle of the Falkland Islands
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The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after 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 every year on 8 December in the Falkland Islands as a public holiday.
Battle of the Falkland Islands, William Lionel Wyllie
SMS Scharnhorst, flagship of the German squadron
The Battle of the Falkland Islands; North is to the left in this diagram
Invincible and Inflexible steaming out of Port Stanley in chase, a painting by William Lionel Wyllie