The Battle of Coronel, HMS Monmouth and the letters of Midshipman Gervase Ronald Bruce The Battle of Coronel The battle of Coronel was fought on November 1st 1914, between a German Squadron led by Vice Admiral von Spree and a British force under the command of Rear Admiral Craddock. When constructed she was a first class battleship, typical of the pre-Dreadnaught era in that she carried four different sizes of guns, ranging from her four powerful 12in guns down to six 3 pounders. HMS Canopus is most famous for missing the Battle of Coronel of 1914, the first British naval defeat for a century. Seven Royal Navy ships have been named after the town, including a Type 23 frigate launched in 1991 … The Battle of Coronel was an early naval battle during World War I and saw the Germans inflict a rare defeat on the Royal Navy. HMS Monmouth, armoured cruiser, sunk Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914 (Navy Photos, click to enlarge) back to November 1914 . It was fought off the coast of Chile near the city of Coronel. The Battle of Coronel on 31 October 1914 was a distratrous event for the Royal Navy in the early years of the First World War, and the first defeat in over a century of Britain’s dominance of the seas. BATTLE OF CORONEL - 1 NOVEMBER 1914 HMS Monmouth, armoured cruiser (Navy Photos, click to enlarge) Notes: (1) Casualty information in order - Surname, First name, Initial(s), Rank and part of the Service other than RN (RNR, RNVR, RFR, RMLI etc), Service Number (ratings only, also if Dominion or Indian Navies), (on the books of another ship/shore establishment, … St Mary's Church contains a memorial to the men of who lost their lives in HMS Monmouth, which was sunk with all hands on 1 November 1914, by German cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau off the Chilean Coast at the Battle of Coronel; the church hosts an annual service in remembrance. HMS Good Hope on fire towards the end of the Battle of Coronel, 1st November 1914 in the First World: picture by Lionel Wyllie The previous battle in the First World War is the Texel Action The next battle in the First World War is the Battle of the Falkland Islands To the First World War index