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The Story SMS Emden and Hong Kong’s First World War

Posted: February 11th, 2014 | 3 Comments »

Today I’ll just point you to Stuart Heaver’s great story of the German battleship SMS Emden and Hong Kong during the First World War in 1914 from the South China Morning Post…a fascinating read….As I knew nothing about this, I’ll (for once) add nothing!

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3 Comments on “The Story SMS Emden and Hong Kong’s First World War”

  1. 1 Ed Jacobs said at 6:33 pm on July 13th, 2016:

    SMS Emden was a light Cruiser – not a Battleship!

  2. 2 Paul French said at 5:01 pm on July 21st, 2016:

    embarrassingly noted – thanks

  3. 3 Paul French said at 9:37 pm on October 10th, 2016:

    Not for the first time in my writing career I must bow to the superior knowledge of boaty types – many thanks

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