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RMS Empress of Russia
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RMS Empress of Russia was a steam turbine ocean liner built in 1912–13 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific steamships. She regularly
Empress of Russia
Empress of Russia
Forward QF 4.7-inch guns
Forward QF 4.7-inch guns
As an armed merchant cruiser in the Red Sea, photographed by a crewman aboard the troop transport HMAT Armadale
As an armed merchant cruiser in the Red Sea, photographed by a crewman aboard the troop transport HMAT Armadale
Battle of Cocos
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The Battle of Cocos was a single-ship action that occurred on 9 November 1914, after the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney, under the command of John Glossop, responded to an attack on a communicat
RMS Empress of Russia
…1914, the highlight of this Indian Ocean tour of duty followed from a rendezvous at sea with the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney. In what was called the Battle of Cocos, Sydney had engaged the German cruiser SMS Emden, forcing the raider to beach herself on North Keeling Island to avoid sinking. Some 230 Emden survivors…
Japanese poster depicting the Battle of Cocos
Japanese poster depicting the Battle of Cocos
HMAS Sydney
HMAS Sydney
SMS Emden at Tsingtao in 1914
SMS Emden at Tsingtao in 1914
Axe used by SMS Emden landing party to cut submarine telegraph cables on Direction Island, Cocos Islands, in 1914. Displayed at Porthcurno Telegraph M
Axe used by SMS Emden landing party to cut submarine telegraph cables on Direction Island, Cocos Islands, in 1914. Displayed at Porthcurno Telegraph Museum.