Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Richard Jennings, the gunnery officer who recorded this anecdote, later sat on top of Exeter's last working turret *shouting* his instructions to the men inside. Like I said: batshit, the lot of them. 131776
Little Fury Fellah @elnosnusk.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Also, note that outgunned or not, the cruisers effectively ended the Spee and her Captain knew it. 1361
Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Well exactly - they had one job and they did it very well. Graf Spee was very well handled too, fwiw, albeit making for Montevideo was a mistake imo. 2440
