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Rear Admiral Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock KCVO CB SGM (2 July 1862 – 1 November 1914) was an English senior officer of the Royal Navy. He earned a reputation for great gallantry. Appointed to the royal yacht, he was close to the British royal family.
- 1875–1914
- Royal Navy
Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock KCVO CB (* 2. Juli 1862 in Hartforth , North Yorkshire , Vereinigtes Königreich ; † 1. November 1914 im Pazifischen Ozean vor Coronel , Chile ) war ein britischer Marineoffizier , zuletzt Konteradmiral im Ersten Weltkrieg .
British officer. Learn about this topic in these articles: role in World War I. In World War I: The war at sea, 1914–15. …on a British force, under Sir Christopher Cradock, which had sailed from the Atlantic to hunt it down: without losing a single ship, it sank Cradock’s two major cruisers, Cradock himself being killed.
Zur gleichen Zeit befehligte Christopher Cradock, sein späterer Gegner vor Coronel, dort einen multinationalen Verband mit britischen, deutschen und japanischen Marinesoldaten. Nach einer Verwendung als Kommandant des Linienschiffes "Wittelsbach" wurde Spee Chef des Stabes der Marinestation Nordsee. 1910 zum Konteradmiral befördert, wurde ...
1. Nov. 2014 · BBC News, Coronel. If you had to guess where the British suffered their first naval defeat of World War One, what would you say? The North Sea, maybe? Or somewhere in the North Atlantic? The answer...
Who's Who - Sir Christopher Cradock. Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock (1862-1914) fought and lost an unequal battle with German Admiral Graf von Spee on 1 November 1914 at Coronel (near Chile), losing his own life in the process and sowing seeds of doubt as to the ability of Britain's Royal Navy to rule the seas during the initial ...
British admiral Sir Christopher Cradock (1862-–1914) Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice Cradock was born 2 July, 1862, son of Christopher Cradock, of Hartforth, Richmond, Yorkshire. He entered the navy, and served with distinction in the Sudan, 1891; in China, 1900, being promoted Captain for gallantry at Taku.
