17 Nov 2014
Diaries of Harry T. Bennett on HMS 'Canopus': the Battle of Coronel, 1 November 1914
November’s Item of the Month is a volume of the Diaries of Harry T. Bennett, navigating lieutenant in HMS Canopus (JOD/106/1), focusing on the Battle of Coronel which took place on 1 November 1914 off the Chilean coast. Left behind by Admiral Cradock, because she could not keep up with his battlecruisers, the Canopus and Bennett were not present at the actual battle, but they were amongst the first to receive news of the British defeat.
