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A Concept Vindicated: The Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 - Scott Lindgren

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In early 2023, Scott visited Ruddington to talk about the Battle of Coronel, and perhaps unwisely, offered to return to the branch and give his follow up talk on the Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914!Following Coronel, the Royal Navy dispatched three battlecruisers to hunt down the German East Asia Squadron. This lecture examines the engagemen...


A Concept Vindicated: The Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 by Scott Lindgren

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Following the loss of Sir Christopher Craddock’s two armoured cruisers at the Battle of Coronel, the Admiralty dispatched two dreadnought battlecruisers to the South Atlantic to eliminate the threat of the German East Asia cruiser squadron under Vizeadmiral Maximilian von Spee. The two key vessels, the I-class Invincible and Inflexible were amon...