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SS Cap Trafalgar was a German ocean liner launched in 1913 for the Hamburg Süd line. In 1914, she was converted for use as an auxiliary cruiser during World War I. She was the first armed merchant cruiser sunk by a ship of the same class; she was destroyed by HMS Carmania,[2] also a converted ocean liner, in a furious action in the South Atlantic on 14 September 1914. It was the world's first battle between former ocean liners.[3]
^Schmalenbach p48
^SUPPLEMENT to The London Gazette Of TUESDAY, the 6th of APRIL, 1915. p. 3550. For services in the action between H.M.S. "Carmania" and the German Armed Merchant Cruiser "Cap Trafalgar," on 14th September, 1914, when the latter vessel was sunk—
^Robert K. Massie (2003). "Ch. 11. Admiral Cradock's Voyage". Castles of Steel: Britain, Germany, and the Winning of the Great War at Sea. Ballantine Books. Quote: Cap Trafalgar fired back, and the world's first battle between ocean liners began.
SS CapTrafalgar was a German ocean liner launched in 1913 for the Hamburg Süd line. In 1914, she was converted for use as an auxiliary cruiser during...
the German auxiliary cruiser SMSCapTrafalgar near the Brazilian island of Trindade in 1914. By coincidence, CapTrafalgar was disguised as Carmania. In...
not disguise themselves. The British AMC Carmania sank the German SMSCapTrafalgar which had been altered to look more like the Carmania. During World...
cruiser SMSCapTrafalgar, which had been altered to look like Carmania. (Contrary to some accounts, the Carmania had not been altered to resemble the Cap Trafalgar...
HMS Carmania fought the German SMSCapTrafalgar off Trindade in the Battle of Trindade. Carmania sank CapTrafalgar, but sustained severe damage herself...
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a logistical support ship for the cruiser SMS Dresden and the armed merchant ships SMSCapTrafalgar and SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm. On June 1, 1917, with Brazil's...
during World War I. Other ships of the class are SMS Iltis, SMS Luchs, SMS Tiger, SMS Jaguar and SMS Panther. They were built between 1898 and 1903. All...
Volume II, ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3. p 230 "'Carmania' sinking the 'CapTrafalgar' off Trinidade Island in the South Atlantic, 14 September 1914". Royal...
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HMS Carmania fought the German SMSCapTrafalgar off Trindade in the Battle of Trindade. Carmania sank CapTrafalgar, but sustained severe damage herself...
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