SMS Gneisenau
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SMS Gneisenau was an armored cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine, part of the two-ship Scharnhorst class. Named for the earlier screw corvette of the same name, the ship was laid down in June 190
SMS Gneisenau
Line-drawing of the Scharnhorst class
Illustration of Gneisenau with a torpedo boat alongside
The crews of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau being entertained in Batavia in January 1913.
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
SMS Gneisenau
…Nürnberg. The defeat prompted the British Admiralty to detach two battlecruisers to hunt down and destroy Spee's squadron, which they accomplished at the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914. Gneisenau was sunk with heavy loss of life, though 187 of her crew were rescued by the British. The two Scharnhorst-class cruisers…
Battle of the Falkland Islands, William Lionel Wyllie
SMS Scharnhorst, flagship of the German squadron
The East Asia Squadron (background) departing Valparaíso, with Chilean Navy cruisers in the foreground, 3 November
The Battle of the Falkland Islands; North is to the left in this diagram