WW1 Chart - BATTLE OF CORONEL off CHILE 1st Nov. 1914, British v Germany OS 1919

Description: BATTLE OF CORONEL 1st November 1914 between Royal Navy and German warships.Folded sheet map in good condition. Map has no marks, no holes, no tears and is blank on rear. Suitable for framing.Prepared by the Hydrographic Deptartment of the Admiralty December 1918 under the Superintendence of Rear Admiral J. F. Parry C.B. Hydrographer of the Navy. Printed by the Ordnance Survey, 1919 and Published 1920. (Map Ref. 15)Overall size unfolded approx: 27.0(h) ins. x 22.25(w) ins. Size folded approx: 8.25 ins x 5.25 ins.This is a genuine map and not a copy, facsimile or computer generated image.Please see my other auctions/sale for similar. PAYPAL only. UK P&P £1.75. Posted folded. Combined postage available.Historic Note: The Battle of Coronel was a First World War naval battle that led to an Imperial German Navy victory over the Royal Navy on 1 November 1914, off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel. The East Asia Squadron (Ostasiengeschwader or Kreuzergeschwader) of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine) led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee met and overpowered a British squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock. The engagement probably took place as a result of misunderstandings. Neither admiral expected to meet the other in full force. Once the two met, Cradock understood his orders were to fight to the end, despite the odds being heavily against him. Although Spee had an easy victory, destroying two enemy armoured cruisers for just three men injured, the engagement also cost him almost half his supply of ammunition, which was irreplaceable.Shock at the British losses led the Admiralty to send more ships, including two modern battlecruisers, which in turn destroyed Spee and the majority of his squadron on 8 December at the Battle of the Falkland Islands.

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