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Description: | British engineer served aboard HMS Kent during Battle of Falkland Islands, 8/12/1914
REEL 1 Recollections of period of operations as engineer aboard HMS Kent during Battle of Falklands, 8/12/1914: situation; role as guard ship on arrival and coalingof fleet at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands; 7/12/1914; view of arrival of German East Asiatic Sqdn, 8/12/1914; shots fired by beached HMS Canopus; issue of meat sandwiches; question of attempt of Nuremberg to hit range director; speed and effect of hits in slowing Nurenberg; passing Leipzig; casualties aboard Nuremberg; dispersal of German East Asiatic Sqdn on seeing battlecruisers; captain's willingness to engage; view of Sqdn emerging; Dresden's efforts to escape; shortage of coal; reporting to action stations in engine room and signs of battle during pursuit of Nuremberg; tactics employed in action; effects German shellfire; question of reporting to Admiral Sturdee following sinking of Nuremberg; rum ration; state of HMS Kent following action; religious service; story of Sturdee's reaction to news of sinking of Nuremberg; effects of victory; sinking of Nuremberg, ca 19.00; difficulty in rescuing survivors; story illustrating German morale; view of arrival of German East Asiatic Sqdn; shots fired by beached HMS Canopus; dispersal of German East Asiatic Sqdn on seeing battlecruisers; captain's willingness to engage; view of Fleet emerging. Account of sinking Dresden in South Pacific off Chile, 14/3/1915: situation; coaling ship at sea; lack of fresh food; losing contact with Dresen after unexpected contact whilst coaling at sea; story of sinking Dresden after swift action in Cumberland Bay off Juan Fernandez, Chile; subsequent complaints by Chilean government. | 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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