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Naval Art  Countries German Navy Ships A2 to Konigin Luise  Greif |
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A Great Fire Breaks Out Aft Of The Greif. The range was so short that missing seemed an impossibility, but the gunnery of the German raider was abominable. The British gunners, however, got home on the Greif from the very first. Her bridge was carried away at the first broadside, and then, yard by yard, the British guns searched the upper works for the wireless room from which were issuing the meaningless jargons that jammed the Alcantaras wireless. The enemys wireless was soon smashed, and the British guns then began to batter the hull and water line of their opponent, and in a few minutes the Greif has a great fire balancing aft. |
A Tremendous Explosion Sends The Greif To The Bottom. Presently theyre happened one of those mishaps, which occur to the most efficiently, handled ships. An unlucky shot carried away the Alcantaras steering gear, and, unmanageable, she swung round with her broadside to the enemy. As the Greif settled down into the water she was able to bring her torpedo tubes to bear on this most favourable target. Two torpedoes missed, and then a third caught the Alcantara squarely. It is believed that the Greif carried a big cargo of mines, for presently she blew up with a tremendous explosion and went to the bottom. A few minutes later the Alcantara turned over and sank. |
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