Ship without harbor, knowing no ease, Unforgettable queen of the seas; “Emden,” thou never, never canst die; Over the seas thy shadow will fly, Ever to make the enemy quail, Ever in German hearts to ...

This story was first published on May 11, 2008, in the Montreal Gazette. “Out of a grey morning mist, the Reich cruiser Emden – first German warship to dock here in 22 years – came into the port of ...

NINETY-FIVE years ago today the new Australian navy won its first battle when the cruiser HMAS Sydney destroyed the German raider, Emden, off the Cocos Islands early in World War I. Sydney's victory ...

Around a million Indians served in World War I, but the flames of the conflagration touched it directly only once: the bombardment of Madras by the German light cruiser SMS Emden, 100 years ago this ...