Difference between revisions 136784134 and 136784135 on dewiki{|{{Infobox ship begin}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=[[File:HMS Invincible (1907) British Battleship.jpg|300px|alt=A large grey warship with two tripod masts and three funnels]] |Ship caption=An early photograph of ''Invincible'', before she lost her torpedo nets. }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=''Invincible''-class battlecruiser |Builders=[[Armstrong Whitworth]], [[John Brown & Company]], [[Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company|Fairfield]] (contracted; show full)this section are in [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]], which is one hour behind [[Central European Time|CET]], which is often used in German works.</ref> when the British light forces failed to disengage on schedule and the rising tide meant that German capital ships would be able to clear the bar at the mouth of the [[Jade estuary]]. The brand-new light cruiser {{HMS|Arethusa|1913|2}} had been crippled earlier in the battle and was under fire from the light cruisers {{SMS|Strassburg||2}} and {{SMS| KCöln|1909|2}} when Beatty's battlecruisers loomed out of the mist at 12:37 PM. ''Strassburg'' was able to duck into the mists and evade fire, but ''KCöln'' remained visible and was quickly crippled by fire from the squadron. But Beatty was distracted from the task of finishing her off by the sudden appearance of the elderly light cruiser {{SMS|Ariadne||2}} directly to his front. He turned in pursuit, but reduced her to a flaming hulk in only three salvos at a range under {{convert|6000|yd|km}}. At 1:10 PM Beatty turned north and made a general signal to retire.<ref name=m9>Massie, pp. 109–13</ref> At this time, ''Invincible'', trailing the main body of battlecruisers, opened fire on ''KCöln''. She fired 18 rounds, all misses,<ref>Tarrant, p. 33</ref> before Beatty's main body encountered the crippled ''KCöln'' shortly after turning north and she was sunk by two salvos from {{HMS|Lion|1910|2}}.<ref name=m9/> ===Battle of the Falklands=== {{Main|Battle of the Falkland Islands}} (contracted; show full)[[ja:インヴィンシブル級巡洋戦艦]] [[pl:Krążowniki liniowe typu Invincible]] [[pt:Classe Invincible (cruzador de batalha)]] [[ru:Линейные крейсера типа «Инвинсибл»]] [[fi:Invincible-luokka (taisteluristeilijä)]] [[tr:Invincible sınıfı muharebe kruvazörü]] [[vi:Invincible (lớp tàu chiến-tuần dương)]] [[zh:无敌级战列巡洋舰]] All content in the above text box is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license Version 4 and was originally sourced from https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=136784135.
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