Faster access than browser!
56 relations: Abrolhos Marine National Park, Admiral of the fleet, Alejandro Selkirk Island, Armed merchantman, Armored cruiser, Atlantic Ocean, Battle ensign, Battle of Coronel, Battle of Más a Tierra, Battlecruiser, Cape Horn, Cape Verde, Castles of Steel, Christopher Cradock, Commerce raiding, Coronel, Chile, Doveton Sturdee, East Asia Squadron, Falkland Islands, Felix von Luckner, First Sea Lord, Fitzroy, Falkland Islands, Franz von Rintelen, Grand Fleet, History (U.S. TV network), HMNB Devonport, Imperial German Navy, Imperial Japanese Navy, Indian Ocean, Iron Cross, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, John Luce (Royal Navy officer), Jonathan Cape, Juan Fernández Islands, Light cruiser, Maximilian von Spee, Naval Intelligence Division, Order of the British Empire, Picton, Lennox and Nueva, Plymouth, Port William, Falkland Islands, Pre-dreadnought battleship, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Propeller, Public holidays in the Falkland Islands, Qingdao, Río de la Plata, Royal Navy, Scharnhorst-class cruiser, SMS Dresden (1907), ..., SMS Seydlitz, Stanley Harbour, Stanley, Falkland Islands, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, William Reginald Hall, World War I. Expand index (6 more) »
Abrolhos Marine National Park
The Abrolhos Marine National Park (Parque Nacional Marinho dos Abrolhos) is a national park that was established in 1983 covering most of the Abrolhos Archipelago area in the state of Bahia, Brazil.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Abrolhos Marine National Park · See more »
Admiral of the fleet
An admiral of the fleet or fleet admiral (sometimes also known as admiral of the navy or grand admiral) is a military naval officer of the highest rank.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Admiral of the fleet · See more »
Alejandro Selkirk Island
Alejandro Selkirk Island (Isla Alejandro Selkirk), previously known as Más Afuera (Farther Out (to Sea)) and renamed after the marooned sailor Alexander Selkirk, is the largest and most westerly island in the Juan Fernández Archipelago of the Valparaíso Region of Chile.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Alejandro Selkirk Island · See more »
Armed merchantman
An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Armed merchantman · See more »
Armored cruiser
The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Armored cruiser · See more »
Atlantic Ocean
The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Atlantic Ocean · See more »
Battle ensign
A battle ensign is the name given to a large war ensign (flag) hoisted on a warship's mast just before going into battle.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Battle ensign · See more »
Battle of Coronel
The Battle of Coronel was a First World War Imperial German Naval victory over the Royal Navy on 1 November 1914, off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Battle of Coronel · See more »
Battle of Más a Tierra
The Battle of Más a Tierra was a First World War sea battle fought on 14 March 1915, near the Chilean island of Más a Tierra, between a British squadron and a German light cruiser.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Battle of Más a Tierra · See more »
Battlecruiser
The battlecruiser, or battle cruiser, was a type of capital ship of the first half of the 20th century.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Battlecruiser · See more »
Cape Horn
Cape Horn (Cabo de Hornos) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Cape Horn · See more »
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde (Cabo Verde), officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country spanning an archipelago of 10 volcanic islands in the central Atlantic Ocean.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Cape Verde · See more »
Castles of Steel
Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea is a work of non-fiction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Robert K. Massie.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Castles of Steel · See more »
Christopher Cradock
Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher "Kit" George Francis Maurice Cradock (2 July 1862 – 1 November 1914) was a British officer of the Royal Navy.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Christopher Cradock · See more »
Commerce raiding
Commerce raiding is a form of naval warfare used to destroy or disrupt logistics of the enemy on the open sea by attacking its merchant shipping, rather than engaging its combatants or enforcing a blockade against them.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Commerce raiding · See more »
Coronel, Chile
Coronel is a Chilean city and commune, located in the Concepción Province of the eighth region of Bio Bío.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Coronel, Chile · See more »
Doveton Sturdee
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee, 1st Baronet (9 June 1859 – 7 May 1925) was a Royal Navy officer.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Doveton Sturdee · See more »
East Asia Squadron
The German East Asia Squadron (Ger Kreuzergeschwader or Ostasiengeschwader) was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the Pacific Ocean between the mid-1890s and 1914.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and East Asia Squadron · See more »
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands · See more »
Felix von Luckner
Felix Graf von Luckner (9 June 1881 – 13 April 1966), sometimes called in English Count Luckner, was a German nobleman, naval officer, author, and sailor who earned the epithet Der Seeteufel (the Sea Devil), and his crew that of Die Piraten des Kaisers (the Emperor's Pirates), for his exploits in command of the sailing commerce raider SMS ''Seeadler'' (Sea Eagle) between 1916 and 1917.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Felix von Luckner · See more »
First Sea Lord
The First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff (1SL/CNS) is the professional head of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy and the whole Naval Service.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and First Sea Lord · See more »
Fitzroy, Falkland Islands
Fitzroy is a settlement on East Falkland.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Fitzroy, Falkland Islands · See more »
Franz von Rintelen
Captain Franz Dagobert Johannes von Rintelen (19 August 1878 – 30 May 1949) was a German Naval Intelligence officer in the United States during World War I.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Franz von Rintelen · See more »
Grand Fleet
The Grand Fleet was the main fleet of the British Royal Navy during the First World War.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Grand Fleet · See more »
History (U.S. TV network)
History (originally The History Channel from 1995 to 2008) is a history-based digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between the Hearst Communications and the Disney–ABC Television Group division of the Walt Disney Company.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and History (U.S. TV network) · See more »
HMNB Devonport
Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport), is the largest naval base in Western Europe and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and HMNB Devonport · See more »
Imperial German Navy
The Imperial German Navy ("Imperial Navy") was the navy created at the time of the formation of the German Empire.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Imperial German Navy · See more »
Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, "Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 until 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's defeat and surrender in World War II.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Imperial Japanese Navy · See more »
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering (approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface).
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Indian Ocean · See more »
Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (abbreviated EK) is a former military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945).
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Iron Cross · See more »
John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher
John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, (25 January 1841 – 10 July 1920), commonly known as Jacky or Jackie Fisher, was a British admiral known for his efforts at naval reform.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher · See more »
John Luce (Royal Navy officer)
Rear Admiral John Luce CB (4 February 1870 – 22 September 1932) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy during and after the First World War.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and John Luce (Royal Navy officer) · See more »
Jonathan Cape
Jonathan Cape is a London publishing firm founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death in 1960.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Jonathan Cape · See more »
Juan Fernández Islands
The Juan Fernández Islands (Archipiélago Juan Fernández) are a sparsely inhabited island group reliant on tourism and fishing in the South Pacific Ocean.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Juan Fernández Islands · See more »
Light cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Light cruiser · See more »
Maximilian von Spee
Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee (22 June 1861 – 8 December 1914) was a naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), who famously commanded the German East Asia Squadron during World War I. Spee entered the navy in 1878 and served in a variety of roles and locations, including on a colonial gunboat in German West Africa in the 1880s, the East Africa Squadron in the late 1890s, and as commander of several warships in the main German fleet in the early 1900s.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Maximilian von Spee · See more »
Naval Intelligence Division
The Naval Intelligence Division (NID) created originally as a component part of the Admiralty War Staff in 1912, it was the intelligence arm of the British Admiralty before the establishment of a unified Defence Intelligence Staff in 1964.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Naval Intelligence Division · See more »
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the Civil service.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Order of the British Empire · See more »
Picton, Lennox and Nueva
Picton, Lennox and Nueva form a group of three islands (and their islets) at the extreme southern tip of South America, in the Chilean commune of Cabo de Hornos in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Picton, Lennox and Nueva · See more »
Plymouth
Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Plymouth · See more »
Port William, Falkland Islands
Port William (French: Baye Choiseul,Dom Pernety, Antoine-Joseph. Journal historique d'un voyage fait aux Iles Malouïnes en 1763 et 1764 pour les reconnoître et y former un établissement; et de deux Voyages au Détroit de Magellan, avec une Rélation sur les Patagons. Berlin: Etienne de Bourdeaux, 1769. 2 volumes, 704 pp. &.. Spanish: Puerto Groussac) is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Port William, Falkland Islands · See more »
Pre-dreadnought battleship
Pre-dreadnought battleships were sea-going battleships built between the mid- to late 1880s and 1905, before the launch of.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Pre-dreadnought battleship · See more »
Prince Louis of Battenberg
Admiral of the Fleet Louis Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Milford Haven, (24 May 1854 – 11 September 1921), formerly Prince Louis Alexander of Battenberg, was a British naval officer and German nobleman related to the British royal family.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Prince Louis of Battenberg · See more »
Propeller
A propeller is a type of fan that transmits power by converting rotational motion into thrust.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Propeller · See more »
Public holidays in the Falkland Islands
Public holidays in the Falkland Islands are determined by the Executive Council.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Public holidays in the Falkland Islands · See more »
Qingdao
Qingdao (also spelled Tsingtao) is a city in eastern Shandong Province on the east coast of China.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Qingdao · See more »
Río de la Plata
The Río de la Plata ("river of silver") — rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth and La Plata River (occasionally Plata River) in other English-speaking countries — is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay and the Paraná rivers.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Río de la Plata · See more »
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Royal Navy · See more »
Scharnhorst-class cruiser
The Scharnhorst class was the last traditional class of armored cruisers built by the Kaiserliche Marine.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Scharnhorst-class cruiser · See more »
SMS Dresden (1907)
SMS Dresden ("His Majesty's Ship Dresden") was a German light cruiser built for the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), the lead ship of her class.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and SMS Dresden (1907) · See more »
SMS Seydlitz
SMS Seydlitz was a battlecruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built in Hamburg.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and SMS Seydlitz · See more »
Stanley Harbour
Stanley Harbour is a large inlet on the east coast of East Falkland island.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Stanley Harbour · See more »
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital of the Falkland Islands.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Stanley, Falkland Islands · See more »
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
Wilhelm II (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert von Hohenzollern; 27 January 18594 June 1941) was the last German Emperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, ruling the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and Wilhelm II, German Emperor · See more »
William Reginald Hall
Admiral Sir William Reginald Hall KCMG CB (28 June 1870 – 22 October 1943), known as Blinker Hall, was the British Director of Naval Intelligence (DNI) from 1914 to 1919.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and William Reginald Hall · See more »
World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
New!!: Battle of the Falkland Islands and World War I · See more »
Redirects here:
Battle Day, Battle of Falkland Islands, Battle of the Falkands, Battle of the Falklands, Battle of the falkland islands, Battle of the falklands.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Falkland_Islands
