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was barely afloat. She listed severely as fires burned and the communication and navigation equipment on her bridge were almost destroyed. She turned away and sped south, hoping to rendezvous with a British cruiser in the area. By the time she was rescued on the 15th, she was hardly seaworthy and
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veered away, lowering lifeboats as she heeled over to port. A shell below the waterline had ruptured several compartments, and the ship was rapidly sinking, although the colliers were able to rescue 279 sailors from the wreck before she sank. Fifty-one were killed in the fighting or the sinking
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fared worse than her opponent in the ensuing two hours, being hit 79 times, was holed below the waterline, and had her bridge totally destroyed by shellfire. However, as the range closed her own guns began to inflict damage, and fires broke out on both ships, sailors lining the rails and firing
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had realized that to fight a successful action, their respective vessels required plenty of room; so, the captains had separately steamed several miles from the outcrop of the Island of Trindade in order to gain the space required. The
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machine guns at their opposite numbers as the ships came within a few hundred yards of each other. Neither ship had the fire control systems or ammunition hoists of a modern warship, so the action was fought in the style of
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For services in the action between H.M.S. "Carmania" and the German Armed Merchant Cruiser "Cap Trafalgar," on 14th September, 1914, when the latter vessel was sunk—
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which had been sent to flush out German colliers and small warships that might be using the inhospitable island as a base against British merchant shipping.
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was equally damaged, listing severely, heavily flooded and burning, with nine men dead and many more wounded. It was at this point that
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smoke early in the morning and some hours later was able to surprise the German ship with two colliers in the island's only harbour.
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was converted into an armed merchant cruiser, equipped with eight 4.7-inch guns, and put under the command of Captain Noel Grant.
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captain feared a trap, since many ships both German and Allied in the area had doubtless been listening to the SOS calls of the
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in 1805. A three-funneled vessel of 613 ft (187 m) length and 72 ft (22 m) beam, she measured 18,710
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This article is about the World War I passenger liner/auxiliary cruiser. For the geographic region in Spain, see
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and taken to Buenos Aires. Most were interned for the duration of the war on the Argentine island of
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day, with ammunition being brought to the guns by hand and the guns firing as the target bore.
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most likely would have sunk if at sea for more than another day or two. The following day the
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with the British code. Since multiple warships were on their way to the location, and the
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Quote: Cap Trafalgar fired back, and the world's first battle between ocean liners began.
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and could carry nearly 1,600 passengers (400 1st class, 276 2nd class, 913 3rd or
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German raiders: A history of auxiliary cruisers of the German Navy, 1895-1945
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was in Buenos Aires and was laid up pending orders. As already planned, the
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also sent out encoded German messages, announcing the engagement with the
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Twin steam 4-cylinder triple expansion engines with turbines; 3 propellers
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for coal and then sailed to rendezvous at the remote Brazilian island of
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requisitioned her as an auxiliary cruiser. On 18 August she arrived in
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class. A triple-screw vessel, her outer propellers were powered by two
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had also altered her appearance so that she might be mistaken for the
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SUPPLEMENT to The London Gazette Of TUESDAY, the 6th of APRIL, 1915
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turned his ship about and sailed away without firing a shot.
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on 10 April 1914 from Hamburg for South American ports in
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sunk by a ship of the same class; she was destroyed by
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returned on 13 September to the secret supply base at
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Cape Trafalgar

Cape Trafalgar
AG Vulcan
GRT
shaft horsepower
ocean liner
Hamburg Süd
auxiliary cruiser
World War I
armed merchant cruiser
HMS Carmania
passenger liner
AG Vulcan
Elbe River
Hamburg
Hamburg-South America Line
River Plate
Cape Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar
GRT
steerage
triple-expansion steam engines
exhaust turbine
maiden voyage
Brazil
Argentina
Uruguay
Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I

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