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Description: | British officer served aboard HMS Glasgow in South Pacific and North Atlantic 1914. Present at Battle of Coronel 1/11/1914
REEL 1 Recollections of service as officer aboard HMS Glasgow during Battle of Coronel, 1/11/1914: leaving Valparaiso harbour to rejoin Sqdn, first contact with German East Asiatic Sqdn and commencement of action; orders for HMS Otranto to leave line; greater gunnery range and speed of German ships; German difficulty in hitting Glasgow due to her low freeboard; leaving Valparaiso harbour to rejoin Sqdn and first contact with German East Asiatic Sqdn; action stations; damage to Glasgow; damage report from HMS Monmouth after dark and subsequent her explosion; leaving Valparaiso harbour to rejoin Sqdn, first contact with German East Asiatic Sqdn and commencement of action; view of German hits on HMS Good Hope and Glasgow; German difficulty in hitting Glasgow due to her low freeboard; sinking of Good Hope; damage report from Monmouth after dark; communications difficulties; damage to Glasgow; movements after action and difficulty in coaling from flooded coal bunkers; leaving Valparaiso harbour to rejoin Sqdn, first contact with German East Asiatic Sqdn and commencement of action; orders for HMS Otranto to leave line; German hits on Good Hope and subsequent explosion; damage to Glasgow; damage report from Monmouth after dark; communications difficulties; commencement of action; difficulty in hitting Glasgow due to her low freeboard; sinking of Good Hope. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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