Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock

Rear Admiral Sir Christopher George Francis Maurice Craddock KCVO RN (2 July 1862 - 1 November 1914), was a British admiral. Admiral Christopher Cradock This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for any purpose provided that they are credited and a link is given to the Photos of the Great War page; see the conditions of... Admiral Christopher Cradock This image was scanned from a public domain text by the Great War Primary Documents Archive and is made available by them for any purpose provided that they are credited and a link is given to the Photos of the Great War page; see the conditions of... The term Rear Admiral originated from the days of Naval Sailing Squadrons, and can trace its origins to the British Royal Navy. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1862 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 60 days remaining. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. ...

He entered the Royal Navy, in 1875, and saw action in the Mediterranean and China (in the Boxer Rebellion), serving with distinction. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Combatants Eight-Nation Alliance (ordered by contribution): Japan Russia United Kingdom France United States Germany Italy Austria-Hungary Righteous Harmony Society Qing China Commanders Edward Seymour Alfred Gaselee Ci Xi Strength 20,000 initially 49,000 total Over 100,000 Casualties 230 foreigners, thousands of civilians Unknown This article is...

Cradock was promoted to Rear-Admiral in 1910 and was awarded the KCVO in 1912. In 1913, he was given command of the North America and West Indies Station. Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... The Caribbean or the West Indies is a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea. ...

With the start of World War I, in August 1914, Cradock, commanding the 4th Squadron of the Royal Navy, was ordered to pursue and destroy Admiral Maximilian von Spee's fleet of commerce-raiding cruisers. Cradock's fleet was significantly weaker than Spee's, consisting of mainly elderly vessels manned by largely inexperienced crews. Combatants Allied Powers: France Italy Russia Serbia United Kingdom United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Ferdinand Foch Georges Clemenceau Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna Nicholas II Aleksei Brusilov Herbert Henry Asquith Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Paul von Hindenburg Reinhard... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... Maximilian von Spee Count (Graf) Maximilian Johannes Maria Hubert von Spee (22 June 1861 - 8 December 1914) was a German naval officer, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, who joined the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) in 1878. ... The USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ...

Cradock found Spee's force off Chile and decided to engage it. In the resulting Battle of Coronel, Cradock's fleet was destroyed with heavy loss of life, including his own. German squadron leaving Valparaiso 3 Nov. ...

Author of three books, 'Sporting Notes in the Far East' (1889), 'Wrinkles in Seamanship' (1894) and 'Whispers From the Fleet' (1907)