Description: FALKLAND ISLANDS8th December 1914MAIN ACTIONBetween Royal Navy and German Squadrons with inset General Chart of Scene of ActionFolded 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, 22nd March 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. 17)Overall size unfolded approx: 22.5(h) ins. x 29.0(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 the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the German cruiser squadron. The battle is commemorated every year on 8 December in the Falkland Islands as a public holiday. Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee commanding the German squadron of two armoured cruisers, SMS Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the light cruisers SMS Nürnberg, Dresden and Leipzig, and the colliers SS Baden, SS Santa Isabel, and SS Seydlitz attempted to raid the British supply base at Stanley in the Falkland Islands. The British squadron consisting of the battlecruisers HMS Invincible and Inflexible, the armoured cruisers HMS Carnarvon, Cornwall and Kent, the armed merchant cruiser HMS Macedonia and the light cruisers HMS Bristol and Glasgow had arrived in the port the day before. Visibility was at its maximum, the sea was placid with a gentle breeze, and the day was bright and sunny. The vanguard cruisers of the German squadron were detected early. By nine o'clock that morning, the British battlecruisers and cruisers were in pursuit of the German vessels. All except Dresden and Seydlitz were tracked down and sunk.
Price: 14.95 GBP
Location: Broadstone, Dorset
End Time: 2024-12-30T10:48:30.000Z
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Returns Accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Documents & Maps
Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
Era: 1914-1945
Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
Country/ Organization: Great Britain
Service: Navy
Theme: Militaria
