My brother used to live in Cradock. Neighborhood is laid out in the shape of an anchor:
In Portsmouth, VA, USA a neighborhood was named for Adm. Cradock in 1917. Also named for Adm. Cradock was a high school in the Cradock neighborhood from 1917 until 1992. The neighborhood still exists and is still called Cradock. There is still a Cradock Middle School. The neighborhood and schools were named in honor of Adm. Cradock for his assistance to U.S. Naval forces during the Mexican Revolution.
When I watch or read about things like this or about ships like the old Asiatic Fleet, I can't wonder how much our own future in the Pacific will tell the same sort of stories.
The epic of Admiral von Spee really warrants a movie. But it also raises a question - how far does duty go when you're sailing a commerce raider? Do you fight the ship until she sinks, regardless of ability to strike back? Fight until the ammunition runs out or the ship needs a refit, then submit to internment in a neutral port? Engage merchant shipping to do maximum damage, or evade to tie up pursuers as long as possible?
There's a duty to do your utmost against the enemy, but that assumes an ability to inflict significant damage. Not to submit helplessly to a beating.
satisfied smiles all round. BZ indeed
My brother used to live in Cradock. Neighborhood is laid out in the shape of an anchor:
In Portsmouth, VA, USA a neighborhood was named for Adm. Cradock in 1917. Also named for Adm. Cradock was a high school in the Cradock neighborhood from 1917 until 1992. The neighborhood still exists and is still called Cradock. There is still a Cradock Middle School. The neighborhood and schools were named in honor of Adm. Cradock for his assistance to U.S. Naval forces during the Mexican Revolution.
https://portsvacation.com/places/cradock-historic-district/
Lot of hard cases in the front rank. And that is without hitting start.
When I watch or read about things like this or about ships like the old Asiatic Fleet, I can't wonder how much our own future in the Pacific will tell the same sort of stories.
Drat. Not available on Amazon Prime in Canada
4 middies of the first class of the short lived Naval College of Canada were killed in that battle.
The epic of Admiral von Spee really warrants a movie. But it also raises a question - how far does duty go when you're sailing a commerce raider? Do you fight the ship until she sinks, regardless of ability to strike back? Fight until the ammunition runs out or the ship needs a refit, then submit to internment in a neutral port? Engage merchant shipping to do maximum damage, or evade to tie up pursuers as long as possible?
There's a duty to do your utmost against the enemy, but that assumes an ability to inflict significant damage. Not to submit helplessly to a beating.
It's a question that has never been answered.