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Cancelled Shout at the Devil - Kevin Patience

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  Unfortunately this meeting has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus  , please keep checking the website for updates      Come and hear the true story of the SMS Konisberg a German light cruiser , she was sent to the German East Africa prior to the war arriving in Dar es Salaam in June 1914. When war broke out she became a raider on the East A...


Shout at the Devil –The story of the German cruiser Königsberg by Kevin Patience

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Shout at the Devil –The story of the German cruiser Königsberg by Kevin Patience The story of SMS Königsberg is a unique piece of naval history from the First World War. After a short period of action off the coast of East Africa, the German cruiser suffered an engine failure and took shelter in the Rufiji Delta.  There it was blockaded and dest...


Shout at the Devil - Kevin Patience

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Shout at the Devil  - Kevin Patience     The story of the SMS Konisberg is a unique piece of naval history from the great war. After a short period of action off the coast of East Africa , the German cruiser suffered an engine failure in the Rufiji Delta. It was blockaded and eventually destroyed by the Royal Navy and Royal Navy Air Service. Thi...


'Shout at the Devil' The blockade and destruction of the German cruiser Konigsburg.

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The Wiltshire branch 2022/23 season gets underway with a look at an aspect of the war in East Africa that we have not previously examined. Kevin Patience is visiting the branch to present his talk entitled ‘Shout at the Devil’. This is an account of the blockade and destruction of the German cruiser Konigsburg by the Royal Navy and the Royal Fly...