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800:Königsberg
779:Königsberg
771:Königsberg
755:Königsberg
737:Royal Navy
706:Königsberg
553:Pere Hills
516:Narungombe
437:Latema Nek
373:Lake Nyasa
301:39 killed
271:Königsberg
71:newspapers
1217:Citations
1190:HMS
1166:Although
1099:sunk and
1091:Aftermath
951:QF 4-inch
875:HMS
804:HMS
789:Max Looff
786:Commander
784:captain,
760:HMS
753:SMS
717:HMS
704:SMS
616:1914–1917
543:Namacurra
464:Matamondo
247:Max Looff
101:July 2015
1526:6°8′54″S
1488:(1920).
1436:(1995).
1412:(1986).
1377:(1953).
1363:(1922).
1205:See also
1187:monitors
1157:Pegasus'
1145:Scottish
1143:and the
1041:Pegasus'
910:Hyacinth
775:Zanzibar
647:Tsingtao
632:Zanzibar
506:Nambanje
501:Behobeho
383:Zanzibar
283:Tugboat
263:Strength
174:Zanzibar
168:Location
133:Part of
1153:Pegasus
1129:Helmuth
1117:Helmuth
1113:Pegasus
1105:Pegasus
1101:Helmuth
1097:Pegasus
1081:Helmuth
1077:Pegasus
1066:Pegasus
1058:Pegasus
1045:Pegasus
1014:Pegasus
1010:Pegasus
1008:fired,
1002:Pegasus
994:Pegasus
983:Pegasus
975:Helmuth
971:Helmuth
945:Pelorus
940:Pegasus
915:Helmuth
905:Astraea
901:Captain
897:Pegasus
882:Pegasus
880:or HMS
877:Astraea
871:warship
851:Pegasus
847:Pegasus
834:Pegasus
830:Pegasus
815:Pegasus
811:Helmuth
806:Helmuth
793:Pegasus
762:Pegasus
719:Pegasus
662:Coronel
642:Papeete
531:Ngomano
526:Mahenge
432:Salaita
378:Karonga
313:damaged
311:Helmuth
306:Pegasus
286:Helmuth
279:Pegasus
212:Germany
149:Pegasus
85:scholar
1465:
1446:
1422:
1398:
1198:Severn
1192:Mersey
1179:'s
1140:Gascon
1071:After
998:salvos
961:Battle
947:-class
843:'s
822:'s
782:'s
657:Penang
637:Madras
521:Mahiwa
489:Kibata
484:Kisaki
479:Dutumi
469:Kilosa
447:Tabora
415:Bukoba
410:Jassin
368:Maziua
224:
209:
185:Result
87:
80:
73:
66:
58:
1134:The
1048:'
988:Once
667:Cocos
627:Nauru
548:Lioma
511:Rumbo
474:Mlali
398:Tanga
308:sunk
92:JSTOR
78:books
1463:ISBN
1444:ISBN
1420:ISBN
1396:ISBN
1258:2016
1195:and
907:and
865:SMS
725:The
682:Guam
537:1918
495:1917
454:Kahe
426:1916
404:1915
363:1914
298:None
172:Off
160:Date
64:news
942:—a
817:of
747:in
47:by
1558::
1225:^
1054:.
1032:"
1000:.
938:.
176:,
1514:.
1503:.
1471:.
1452:.
1428:.
1404:.
1260:.
606:e
599:t
592:v
342:e
335:t
328:v
114:)
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82:·
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