Battle of the Falklands HMS Carnarvon

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upon arrival @ port stanley on 7 december, sturdee informed captains planned recoal entire squadron following day 2 available colliers , begin search east asia squadron, believed running home around tip of south america, day after. vice-admiral maximilian von spee, commander of german squadron, had other plans , intended destroy radio station @ port stanley on morning of 8 december. appearance of 2 german ships @ 07:30 caught sturdee s ships surprise, germans driven off 12-inch (300 mm) shells fired predreadnought battleship canopus when came within range around 09:20. carnarvon completed recoaling @ 08:00 , squadron cleared harbour 10:30. sturdee ordered general chase @ time, carnarvon manage 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) , fell behind other british ships. 2 battlecruisers fastest ships present , inexorably began close on german cruisers, opening fire @ 12:55 straddled light cruiser leipzig, rear ship in german formation. clear spee ships not outrun battlecruisers , hope of ships survive scatter. turned 2 armoured cruisers around buy time engaging battlecruisers , ordered 3 light cruisers disperse @ 13:20. carnarvon, 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) behind, had no hope of catching scattering german ships , continued trail battlecruisers.


carnarvon came within range of german armoured cruisers , opened fire shortly before scharnhorst rolled on , capsized @ 16:17. engaged gneisenau until sturdee ordered cease fire @ 17:50. german captain had started scuttle ship 10 minutes earlier when clear situation hopeless , ship sank @ 18:00. carnarvon rescued 20 survivors gneisenau, wreckage visible when later steamed through area scharnhorst had sunk.


after battle participated in hunt light cruiser dresden had escaped during battle , investigated anchorages in argentina, chile , island of south georgia before proceeding north brazil in february. struck coral reef off abrolhos archipelago on 22 february 1915 , had beached avoid sinking. ship received temporary repairs @ rio de janeiro following month. carnarvon received permanent repairs in montreal, canada, may july after escorted several british h-class submarines halifax united kingdom en route devonport. returned halifax based rest of year. assigned north america , west indies station, resumed duties protecting british shipping rest of war. in 1919, began serving cadet training ship, remaining in role until listed sale in march 1921. carnarvon sold scrap on 8 november 1921 , subsequently broken in germany.








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