In the early weeks of World War I, the German cruiser SMS Emden, under Korvettenkapitän Karl von Müller, had already devastated Allied commerce, crippling 60% of their operations. On September ...

SMS Emden was a Dresden-class light cruiser that was operated by the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) in the early stages of the First World War. That warship gained fame for sinking two ...

Overnight from October 27 to 28, 1914, it was attacked by the German cruiser Emden, which infiltrated the bay under the guise of a British ship and fired torpedoes at the docked Zhemchug.