Battle of the Falkland islands

DESCRIPTION: "One day at Port Stanley The lookout man did see Some smoke upon the horizon; 'I wonder if that's Graf von Spee?'" The admiral is shaving, but he has a score to settle. Graf Spee has "blundered Obeying orders from Kaiser Bill"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE:
KEYWORDS: navy battle
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Nov 1, 1914 - Battle of Coronel. Admiral Graf von Spee sinks the HMS Good Hope and HMS Monmouth
Dec 8, 1914 - Batte of the Falkland Islands. Admiral Sturdee's British fleet sinks all but one of von Spee's ships, effectively ending the German threat in the South Pacific
FOUND IN: Britain(Wales)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Tawney-GreyFunnelLines-RoyalNavy, pp. 77-78, "Battle of the Falkland Islands" (1 text)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Red Wing (I)" (approximate tune)
cf. "The Noble Eighth of December" (subject)
NOTES [53 words]: For background on the battles of Coronel and the Falkland Islands, see the notes to "The Noble Eighth of December," which is even more detailed than this song, although this song has one well-known detail not found in that one: that Admiral Sturdee was shaving when the Germans were spotted outside Port Stanley. - RBW
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