The Last Corsair The Story of the Emden kk AS NEW
de Van Der Vat, Dan
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Edinburgh: Berlinn, 2000. First Berlinn Edition. Paperback. In exceptionally good condition. Octavo, [23.125cm/9.25inches], paperbound with pictorial covers, pp. 205. Fully Illustrated with b-w halftones, &tc. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... SMS Emden ("His Majesty's Ship Emden") was the second and final member of the Dresden class of light cruisers built for the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine). Emden spent the majority of her career overseas in the German East Asia Squadron, based in Tsingtao, in the Kiautschou Bay concession in China. In 1913, she came under the command of Karl von Müller, who would captain the ship during World War I. At the outbreak of hostilities, Emden captured a Russian steamer and converted her into the commerce raider Cormoran. Emden rejoined the East Asia Squadron, after which she was detached for independent raiding in the Indian Ocean. The cruiser spent nearly two months operating in the region, and captured nearly two dozen ships. In late October 1914, Emden launched a surprise attack on Penang; in the resulting Battle of Penang, she sank the Russian cruiser Zhemchug and the French destroyer Mousquet.Müller then took Emden to raid the Cocos Islands, where he landed a contingent of sailors to destroy British facilities. There, Emden was attacked by the Australian cruiser HMAS Sydney. The more powerful Australian ship quickly inflicted serious damage and forced Müller to run his ship aground to prevent her from sinking. Out of a crew of 376, 133 were killed in the battle. Most of the survivors were taken prisoner; the landing party, led by Hellmuth von Mücke, commandeered an old schooner and eventually returned to Germany. Emden's wreck was quickly destroyed by wave action, and was broken up for scrap in the 1950s.
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- Título
- The Last Corsair The Story of the Emden kk AS NEW
- Autor
- Van Der Vat, Dan
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - In exceptionally good condition
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- First Berlinn Edition
- Editorial
- Berlinn
- Lugar de publicación
- Edinburgh
- Fecha de publicación
- 2000
- Palabras clave
- Naval History World War I
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