What the records say
- When
- 20 Sep 1914
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 6.15° S, 39.19° E
- Location
- Off Zanzibar, Indian Ocean
- Outcome
- German victory
- Belligerents
- United Kingdom vs Germany
Battle of Zanzibar
1914 Anglo-German naval battle during WWI
The Battle of Zanzibar was an encounter between the German Kaiserliche Marine and the British Royal Navy early in the First World War. While taking on coal in the delta of the Rufiji River in German East Africa, the German cruiser SMS Königsberg learned that a British cruiser, HMS Pegasus, which had been part of the Royal Navy's Cape Squadron sent to counter Königsberg, had put in at Zanzibar for repairs.
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