Battle of Coronel - Order of Battle

In the fading light of 1 November, 1914, a Royal Navy squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Craddock was met and defeated by the superior German forces under Vice-Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee.

British

Ship Type Date Completed Displacement Trial Speed Armament
Good Hope (flag) armoured cruiser 1902 14,100 tons 23 knots 2 9.2-inch, 16 6-inch
Monmouth armoured cruiser 1903 9,800 tons 22.4 knots 14 6-inch
Glasgow light cruiser 1910 4,900 tons 25.3 knots 2 6-inch, 10 4-inch
Otranto (not in action) armed merchant cruiser 1909 - - 4 4.7-inch

HMS Otranto, courtesy of Cliff McMullen (celtic@osicom.net)



German

Ship Type Date Completed Displacement Trial Speed Armament
Scharnhorst (flag) armoured cruiser 1907 11,420 tons 23.2 knots 8 8.2-inch, 6 5.9-inch, 18 22-pdr
Gneisenau armoured cruiser 1908 11,420 tons 23.5 knots 8 8.2-inch, 6 5.9-inch, 18 22-pdr
Leipzig light cruiser 1906 3,200 tons 22.4 knots 10 4.1-inch
Dresden light cruiser 1908 3,592 tons 24.0 knots 10 4.1-inch
Nurnberg (not in action) light cruiser 1908 3,400 tons 23.5 knots 10 4.1-inch

Source:
Naval Operations, volume I (second edition), Sir Julian Corbett (1938), page 350.

Last Updated: 16 January, 2000.

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