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Sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse
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| Sinking of SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse | |||||||
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| Part of the Atlantic U-boat campaign of World War I | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United Kingdom |
 Germany | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Henry T. Buller |
 Max Reymann | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 protected cruiser | 1 auxiliary cruiser | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1 cruiser scuttled | ||||||
The Battle of Río de Oro was a single-ship action fought in August 1914 during the First World War, when HMS Highflyer attacked the German SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse off Río de Oro on the coast of Northwest Africa.
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