Commanded by Vice Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee, the German East
Asiatic Squadron was a highly efficient naval unit, having won the
Imperial German Navy gunnery prize for two consecutive years. At Coronel,
Admiral von Spee’s consisted of two armoured and three light
cruisers.
Included with these ships is SMS Emden, which was part of the original
squadron but detached prior to the squadron sailing for South America.
She proceeded into the Indian Ocean, and under the command of Captain
von Muller successfully harried allied shipping, becoming one of the
most famous ships of World War One, before meeting her destruction
on November 9, 1914, when she was finally caught by HMS Sydney. |
