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Battle of Coronel

Battle of Coronel was a battle fought on 1 November 1914 at Pacific Ocean, in what is now Chile. It was part of World War I, which ran from 1914 to 1918. The recorded result: German victory.

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German Vice Admiral von Spee's cruiser squadron, leaving Valparaiso, Chile, circa 3 November 1914, following the Battle of Coronel. The German ships are in the distance, with the armored cruisers Scha. R. Sennede (as credited in Die Grosse Zeit), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	1 November 1914
Place	Pacific Ocean, Chile 36.984S, 73.814W
Part of	World War I (1914 to 1918)
Kind	Battle, First World War
Result	German victory
Belligerents	German Empire	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Commanders		Christopher Cradock

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Capture of the Paquete de Maule 1866, 44 km
First Siege of Fort Arauco 1563, 53 km
Second Siege of Arauco 1563, 53 km
Battle of Quiapo 1558, 55 km
Battle of Marihueñu 1554, 60 km

In the same war

Before: Battle of Penang 28 October 1914
After: Bergmann Offensive 2 November 1914
All 138 engagements of World War I

Elsewhere in 1914

First Battle of the Marne France
Battle of Liège Belgium
First Battle of Ypres Belgium
Battle of the Frontiers Belgium
Siege of Tsingtao People's Republic of China

Battle of Coronel is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 49 in present-day Chile.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q40144, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Coronel, revision 1370437660, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.