were shut down to allow the repairs, and outranged and outgunned, was incapacitated within eight minutes, and the captain – Commander Ingles – struck the colours to avoid further bloodshed. She was the last Royal Navy ship to surrender in a combat action. The ship sank later that day, with 31 lives lost and 55 wounded. The hospital ship Gascon and Scottish ship Clan Macrae came to the aid of the survivors. —Pegasus sister ship—later assisted in the blockade of the Rufiji River where Königsberg had taken refuge. Six of the eight guns were salvaged and two, named "Peggy III" and "Peggy IV", were used in the land campaign until 1916. These guns found themselves in action against guns salvaged from Königsberg again on land in 1915 while under the command of Major G Orde Browne RA. Of the other four, two remained in Zanzibar, one was mounted on board the lake steamer Winifred, and the last mounted at Mombasa where it survives to this day outside Fort Jesus museum. 24 of the British sailors who were killed in the battle were buried in a mass grave in part of the naval cemetery on Grave Island, Zanzibar. The remaining 14 were buried in the town cemetery, but in 1971 were reinterred at Dar es Salaam war cemetery. The wreck was sold in 1955 for £500 and broken up for scrap, but large amounts of debris still remain on the seabed. References External links 1897 ships Maritime incidents in September 1914 Pelorus-class cruisers of the Royal Navy Ships built on the River Tyne Shipwrecks of Africa World War I cruisers of the United Kingdom World War I shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean