CRUISER DUELS: The Konigsberg vs. the Pegasus at Zanzibar
The German ships
The Konigsberg was a small light cruiser with ten 105mm guns.
These German light cruisers were reliable, beautiful, durable ships, but were often pitted against newer or much larger British adversaries resulting in a high rate of loss. This battle was
one of the few occasions where a German raider met an opponent
of the same type.
The British ships
The Pegasus was also a small light cruiser with 8 4-inch guns.
It was slightly older than the German ship and the German
105mm (4.1-inch) guns were much superior weapons. Two other
British cruisers had been hunting the Konigsberg also, but the
Pegasus, stopped at Zanzibar for repairs, faced its enemy alone.
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