HMS Invincible (F)
Captain P.T.H. Beamish (coaling at 0750)
HMS Inflexible
Captain F. Philmore (coaling at 0750)
C-in-C South America
Rear Admiral A.P. Stoddart
HMS Caernarvon (F)
Captain H.L. de’E Skipwith (coaled by 0750)
HMS Cornwall
Captain W.M. Ellerton
Engine opened up for
repairs, coaling at 0750
HMS Kent
Captain J.D. Allen
Coaling at 0750
HMS Bristol
Captain B.H. Fanshawe
Engine opened up for
repairs, coaling at 0750
HMS Macedonia, AMC
On patrol outside Stanley
Harbour at 0750
Attached
HMS Glasgow
Captain J. Luce
Coaled by 0750
HMS Canopus
Captain H.S. Grant
Beached as guardship,
Falklands
Ammunition Expenditure
Invincible: 12-in: 513 (128
APC, 259 CPC, 126 HE)
Inflexible: 12-in: 661 (157
APC, 343 CPC, 161 HE)
Carnarvon: 7.5-in: 85; 6-in:
60
It is estimated that about 40 12-in projectiles hit each German Armored Cruiser during the battle.
German Forces
East Asiatic Squadron
Vice Admiral Maximilian
Graf von Spee
SMS Scharnhorst* (F)
Captain Schultz
SMS Gniesenau*
Captain Maerker
SMS Dresden
Captain Ludecke
SMS Leipzig*
Captain Haun
SMS Nuremburg*
Captain von Schonberg
Baden*, collier
Santa Maria*, collier
* Sunk
Sources:
Bennett, G., (1962): Colonel and the Falklands,
1962
Dittmar F.J., and Colledge, J.J., (1972):
British Warships 1914-1919
Cambell, NJM: Warship Special 1:
Battle Cruisers
Hoyt, E.P., (1966), Last cruise of the
Emden
14 March 2000 - Benchmark
31 December 2011 - Added British Ammunition
Expenditure numbers