Lonely Command

aboard ahead anchor Australian Ayesha battle Bay of Bengal black smoke Blankenburg boats bridge British cruiser Buresk cabin cable and wireless Calcutta captured cargo Clan Grant coal coast Cocos group Colombo command convoy coral course crew cutter deck Direction Island east Emden steamed enemy warship engine-room engines English Exford Farrant fight fire flag flames flash fo'c'sle freighter funnels Gaede German cruiser German cruiser Emden Gropius gunners gunnery officer guns Hampshire harbour horizon Ibuki Indian Ocean Indus Kabinga Karl von Müller Killin Klopper knew landing party launch Lauterbach light Madras masts miles Minotaur morning Mousquet Muecke Müller ordered naval navigating officer Navy night North Keeling Island Pagan Island Penang port raid raider reef Rjesan sailed sailors salvo shells shore side signal sinking soon speed squadron starboard steamer stern Straits sunk survivors Sydney torpedo Tsingtao turned vessel watched wireless station Witthoeft wounded yards