What the records say
- When
- 1 Nov 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 36.98° S, 73.81° W
- Location
- Off Coronel, Chile
- Outcome
- German victory
- Belligerents
- United Kingdom vs Germany
Battle of Coronel
Naval battle of 1 November 1914 near Chile in World War I
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 of the Imperial German Navy led by Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee met and overpowered a British squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock.
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- World War I battles (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “World War I: Battle of Coronel – A British Royal Navy squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock is met in the eastern Pacific and defeated by…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Das deutsche Ostasiengeschwader siegt im Seegefecht bei Coronel über ein britisches Geschwader”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “l’escadre allemande d’Extrême-Orient du vice-amiral Maximilian von Spee défait les Britanniques à Coronel sur la côte sud du Chili”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Германская эскадра крейсеров вице-адмирала Максимилиана фон Шпее нанесла поражение британской эскадре в бою близ Коронеля у побережья Чили”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en las cercanías de Coronel, Chile”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “الحرب العالمية الأولى - معركة كورونل: هزيمة أسطول للبحرية الملكية بقيادة الأميرال السير كريستوفر كرادوك من قبل قوات ألمانية متفوقة بقيادة الاميرال ماكسيمليان…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page