Bucephalus Posted 15 May , 2008 Share Posted 15 May , 2008 Hi Everyone, Does anyone know anything about the memorial web site for the Battle of Coronel? http://www.coronel.org.uk/ Apparently it is out of action, but I have no idea how long it has been this way. Any info? Thanks, Bucephalus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Messina1915 Posted 15 May , 2008 Share Posted 15 May , 2008 It was working in November/December as far as I remember, but I think it's been down at least a couple of months, I may be wrong. Cheers, Carole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tiger Posted 15 May , 2008 Share Posted 15 May , 2008 It wasn't working in December. Remember it going off line as I have a HMS Monmouth man on my memorial web site and the Coronel site had a good account of the last voyage of the Monmouth. An account I unfortunatley didn't transcribe before the site went down. Lesson learnt, I now transcribe all information at the earliest opportunity & don't trust it to be there at a later date. Any other navy men/women here have an account of the last voyage of the Monmouth? If so I would be glad of a copy. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucephalus Posted 15 May , 2008 Author Share Posted 15 May , 2008 That is unfortunate. Does anyone know who used to host it or why it went down? If any of those files are stored elsewhere, I'd certainly like to get a look at them. Thanks, Bucephalus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyhound Posted 15 May , 2008 Share Posted 15 May , 2008 I'd be glad of a copy of that account too, as I also have an HMS Monmouth man. I don't recall seeing the site in question, or I'm sure I'd have taken some notes from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoff501 Posted 16 May , 2008 Share Posted 16 May , 2008 That is unfortunate. Does anyone know who used to host it or why it went down? If any of those files are stored elsewhere, I'd certainly like to get a look at them. That's the way the net goes, nothing guaranteed to be permanent in the digital age. If you look on www.archive.org, some of the site is archived there and there is a snail mail postal address. Usual contact was via a web form - no email given. I've emailed via this in the past but don't have details now.The owner may be a forum member? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoff501 Posted 16 May , 2008 Share Posted 16 May , 2008 .....Email to the last known address of the site owner just bounced back undelivered. The domain name under which it was hosted still seems to be registered until August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyhound Posted 16 May , 2008 Share Posted 16 May , 2008 Thanks for the tip about the archive, Geoff. I've managed to find some of the content from this page, though only a few of the links still work. Andy - if the account of the voyage you mention was from the William Wileman Hart letters, you can still get to them. See link "Plymouth to Coronel". Here's the log: HMS Monmouth, Protective Cruiser, 4th Squadron. 4.30 pm 6th August 14 left Plymouth 13th Arrived at St Vincent (Verde Islands) 14th Left St Vincent 20th Arrived and left Pernambuco (Brazil) 22nd HMS Glasgow joined us 23rd Arrived at Abrohlos Rock (Brazil) 24th Left Abrohlos 1st September Armed Liner Otranto joined us 1st Arrived Abrohlos 2nd Left Abrohlos Up to present have been 648 hours under way 96 hours at Anchor Travelled 8000 miles September 6th Arrived Lobas Island (off River Plate) Sept 7th Left Lobas Island 8th Arrived at Monte Video (Uruguay) 10th Sailed for Bahia Blanco 11th Turned back for Santa Catherina Island 14th Arrived St Catherina Sailed for River Plate 17th Anchored off English Bank Island 22nd Sailed for Punto Arenas (Straits of Magellan) 29th Sailed for Orange Bay (Cape Horn) 30th Arrived Orange Bay 30th Sailed for Port Edgar (Falkland Islands) Oct 1st Arrived Port Edgar 3rd Sailed for the Magellan Straits 5th Arrived at Port Gallant 6th en route for Orange Bay (Cape Horn) Total hours under way 1151 at Anchor 318 Total Miles 13 758 (10th October 1914) 14th October en route for Valparaiso (Chile) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Tiger Posted 19 May , 2008 Share Posted 19 May , 2008 Greyhound Thanks so much for posting that. It's the bit I was missing!!! Must learn to copy EVERYTHING of use as soon as I see it & not assume it will be there when I go back Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geoff501 Posted 9 August , 2008 Share Posted 9 August , 2008 Does anyone know anything about the memorial web site for the Battle of Coronel? http://www.coronel.org.uk/ Apparently it is out of action, but I have no idea how long it has been this way. The excellent Coronel website is now back on line ! May be some parts still missing. A message from the site owner reads: DUE TO A BROKEN HAND ANY REPLY MAY TAKE A WHILE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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