File:The sunken wreck of the 'Königsberg' RMG PV3928.jpg
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English: The sunken wreck of the 'Königsberg' A starboard broadside view of the sunken ship inscribed by the artist, 'Königsberg' , presumably from either a photograph or some other secondary source: see also PAE3143, a related drawing from the other side. The German light cruiser 'Königsberg', launched on 12 December 1905, sank the British 3rd-class protected cruiser 'Pegasus' in the harbour at Zanzibar on 20 September 1914 and then took shelter in the Rufiji River in German East Africa. From 30 October 1914 she was blockaded in the river but it was not until July 1915 that the means were available to destroy her. The shallow draught monitors 'Mersey' and 'Severn' (both built 1913) were dispatched from Malta and arrived off the Rufiji delta in June 1915. On 6 July they entered the river and shelled the 'Königsberg', firing 633 6-inch shells but only securing three hits. They returned to the fray on 11 July 1915 and this time expended over 200 shells but, because of effective aerial spotting, were able to inflict such crippling damage on the 'Königsberg' that she was scuttled by her crew, who detonated two torpedo warheads amidships. She settled to the bottom of the river and her fragmentary remains are still (2013) in the mud there, despite the ravages of time and salvage work. |
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| Date | circa 1915 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 177 mm x 227 mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Box Title: Wyllie: Lifeboats and wrecks all periods, including early work. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/118078 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P8, 65 Caird Catalogue Wyllie Collection Number: 107 U id number: PAE3928 |
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| Collection | Fine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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