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A very interesting photograph taken in July 1913. The ships at anchor represent part of the German East Asia Squadron under the command of Admiral Maximilian von Spee. In view of Rev Margetts caption 'Viictims of Falkland Fight', the 4 funnelled Battle Cruisers could be the SMS Scharnhorst amd the SMS Gneisenau (victorious in the battle of Coronel near Chile [November 1914] but later lost in the Battle of the Falkland Islands in December 1914). The 3 funnelled Light Cruiser could be the SMS Emden later sunk by HMAS Sydney at the Cocos/Keeling Islands in November 1914.
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