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  • German WWI wreck Scharnhorst discovered off Falklands

    12/05/2019 6:37:12 AM PST · by C19fan · 30 replies
    BBC ^ | December 5, 2019 | Staff
    The wreck of a World War One German armoured cruiser has been located off the Falkland Islands, where it was sunk by the British navy 105 years ago. SMS Scharnhorst was the flagship of German Vice-Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee's East Asia Squadron. It was sunk on 8 December 1914 with more than 800 men on board, including Vice-Adm von Spee himself. The leader of the search for the wreckage said the moment of discovery was "extraordinary".