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Description: | Ms transcript (26pp) and ts transcript (18pp) of a contemporary account written by the navigating officer of the cruiser HMS CORNWALL about the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914, describing in particular the first sighting of the German squadron that morning and the hurried departure of CORNWALL and the other British ships from Port Stanley, 'the most wonderful sight' of the two British battle cruisers opening fire on the German squadron, the pursuit of the German cruiser LEIPZIG by CORNWALL and HMS GLASGOW and their fierce engagement with her for three hours before the German ship was sunk with only fifteen survivors. The narrative gives precise details of the minor damage inflicted on CORNWALL during the action and concludes with tributes to the German gunnery and to the gallantry of the LEIPZIG's ship's company.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 2004-05 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Spencer-Cooper, H E H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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