14K views · 258 reactions | The wreck of a German First World War armoured battlecruiser has been located off the Falkland Islands. SMS Scharnhorst was the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee's East Asia Squadron. The vessel has been discovered almost 105 years to the day after it sank, on 8 December 1914 during the Battle of the Falkland Islands. Read the full story here https://www.forces.net/news/german-wwi-battleship-wreck-found-near-falkland-islands | Forces News | Facebook