Ch6:E48: New Light on the Emden: Story of a Famous Sea Fight, by Lewis R Freeman, 9 November 1914
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- For the first three months of the War, the Emden, rivalling the exploits of the
old French corsairs, had wrought great damage to English merchant shipping, and
a sigh of relief arose when on November 9. 1914, H.M.S. Sydney at last put an end
to the predatory career of the German light cruiser. The fight is here described to an
interviewer, Lewis Freeman, by a Signalman on the Sydney who from his vantage point had an
unrivalled opportunity of witnessing every phase of the action.
Lewis Freeman, who recorded the unknown Signalman's exploits, was an American, born in Wisconsin and educated at Stanford.
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Thank you for posting this.
Its His Majesty's Australian Ship Sydney. Not HMS. An aside my Grandfather was on a ship in the convoy that SYDNEY was escorting on the way to Egypt, then Gallipoli. And eventually the Western Front
Well said my uncle was also in that convoy. It's HMAS with pride
You are totally correct, HMAS Syndey is the name (not HMS), however the reading is an *exact* replication of the original publication, and in the original publication it was rendered (incorrectly) as HMS.
@@WesternFrontAssoc A relatively common mistake. Just seeking to clarify the difference. I have another connection with a HMAS SYDNEY, having served on SYDNEY 4 and my father SYDNEY 3. We are currently up to SYDNEY 5.
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H.M.A.S Sydney, damn it, not H.M.S. Sydney. It was an Australian ship, not a British ship.
You are totally correct, HMAS Syndey is the name (not HMS), however the reading is an *exact* replication of the original publication, and in the original publication it was rendered (incorrectly) as HMS.
Hmas! Thank you.!
Fascinating insight.
One of the Emden's main gun's is in Hyde Park in Sydney.
Some years ago I held and read Von Muller's surrender letter which stated that he would act as an "Officer and Gentleman" at all times while prisoner aboard the Otago Regiment's Troop Ship.
... and, just remembered, I've held a gavel made from wood salvaged from the Emden.
This is an amazing, epic story. Right up there with SMS Konigsberg. The Imperial Navy punched far above their weight in the Great War.
The High Seas Fleet failed to get out of North Sea for the 4 years of WW1, only reason Emden , Konigsberg etc accomplished anything was cos they were not at Port in Germany, they did damage British Merchant Ships but EVERY German Merchantman anywhere in world was captured within weeks of outbreak of war.
HMAS Sydney sank the Emden, nothing to do with the British navy.
You are totally correct, HMAS Syndey is the name (not HMS), however the reading is an exact replication of the original publication, and in the original publication it was rendered (incorrectly) as HMS.
Interesting narrative. Excuses not withstanding effort to excuse poor shooting and subsequent loss of life is singularly unconvincing.