On November 1st 1914, which naval battle took place in the South Atlantic, in which a squadron of British ships were routed by the Germans, under Maximilian von Spee?
Battle of the Falkland Islands Battle of the Falkland Islands The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 8 December 1914, during the First World War in the South Atlantic. The British, after the defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the victorious German cruiser squadron. The battle is commemorated every year on 8 December in the Falkland Islands as a public holiday. Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee—commanding the German squadron of two armoured cruisers, and , the light cruisers , and
Maximilian von Spee member of Spee's family christened the ship, this time his daughter. In December 1939, "Admiral Graf Spee" was scuttled by her crew after the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay. Between 1959 and 1964 the Federal German Bundesmarine operated the training frigate "Graf Spee". Maximilian von Spee Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert Reichsgraf von Spee (22 June 1861 – 8 December 1914) was a naval officer of the German "Kaiserliche Marine" (Imperial Navy), who famously commanded the German East Asia Squadron during World War I. Spee entered the navy in 1878 and served in a variety of