SMS Emden in 1914 (image: armchairgeneral.com) SMS Emden was a light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy in World War I. The Emden raided Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean early in the war, sinking or capturing thirty Allied merchant vessels and warships. She was run aground by her captain to prevent her from sinking, after engaging the more powerful HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos.  —wiki “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you!” - Leon Trotsky, June 1919

SMS Emden in 1914

(image: armchairgeneral.com)

SMS Emden was a light cruiser of the Imperial German Navy in World War I. The Emden raided Allied shipping in the Indian Ocean early in the war, sinking or capturing thirty Allied merchant vessels and warships. She was run aground by her captain to prevent her from sinking, after engaging the more powerful HMAS Sydney at the Battle of Cocos. 

—wiki

“You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you!” - Leon Trotsky, June 1919

Posted on February 19th, 2012
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    Actually there is so much more to this story I’ve read an entire history book on the exploits of this ship and it’s...
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    I was told my paternal grandfather was involved in the Chase of the Emden. He was certainly somewhere in the Battle of...
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