[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by TarJak

This is one such site: http://cinnamonandcoffeeblossoms.wor...the-sms-emden/

That article also has Killin being sunk on the 14th while every other source says the 13th.

This one is also a good secondary source example being a newspaper article from the period: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi...P19141030.2.23

It does mention the 12th for Kabinga, but in the balance is the account by Hohenzollern, who was there. On the other hand if Killin was captured on the morning of the 12th and not sunk until the morning of the 13th, that would mean they waited more than 24 hours between capture and sinking. While such a delay is certainly possible, Hohenzollern doesn't mention it. It's certainly possible he left out a date where nothing of import took place.

While I trust Yates' research over anybody's I've seen so far, contemporary accounts are always of value.

[edit] On the other hand, this site also agrees with your references to the 12th-13th:
http://www.naval-history.net/WW1Book...W1_Hurd.htm#IV