An item dated London, England 1st referred to a statement of the British Admiralty reporting that the British cruiser HMS Cumberland (1) on the Kamerun river captured 8 ships of the Woermann Line and the Arnfield of the Hamburg-Amerika Line, all German property and with a total tonnage of 3.0915 ton. Further more was the German gunboat Soden captured. It was expected that the sunk floating dock and the Hertzogin Elisabeth could be salvaged.
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1. Armoured cruiser of the Monmouth-class, laid down by the London and Glasgow Shipbuilding, Govan, Scotland on 19 February 1901, launched on 16 December 1902 and sold to be broken up on 9 May 1921.
