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Originally Posted by TarJak
BTW, I've got several sources saying Kabinga was captured on 12 Sept not the 11th.  |
Several? I'd love to see them.
Prince Franz Joseph says they sighted
Kabinga's lights at 22:00 the same night as the sinking of the
Lovat. Yates says
Emden left
Lovat to sink "as darkness fell" and sighted
Kabinga's lights "...four hours later...". Given Yates's scholarship (in his bibliography he cites 114 sources by my count, including the books on
Emden and
Ayesha written by First Officer Helmuth von Mücke) I tend to trust him. Of course depending upon how long it took to catch
Kabinga the capture could easily have been made after midnight which would indeed make it the 12th.