Todd war diary, 3 August 1914-29 February 1916 / Arthur Todd - Page 168
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[Page 168]
The Pegasus was as much inferior to the Konigsberg as the Emden was to us and in addition she had the disadvantage of presenting a sitting target. She was cleaning boilers and couldn't move when the Konigsberg which was supposed to be far away in the Indian Ocean with the Emden appeared off the Harbour. The Germans lay off and calmly battered the poor old Peggy to pieces. She now lies in the Harbour with her mast just out of the water.
This Officer then went to the Dartmouth which helped to destroy the Konigsberg when she took refuge up the Rufiji river. The Dartmouth then joined up with us in the South Atlantic burst a boiler and proceeded to England to refit. She was then ordered to the Dardanelles.
What service to cram in just in a few months!
Zanzibar, Rufiji River, East Africa, South Atlantic England and then the Dardanelles. Yet one hears the cry "What is the Navy doing!" Many a time we earnestly wished for the arm chair gentleman who asked in their morning rag why the what the taxpayer ships were doing & why they did not sail up Kiel and dig the Germans out, to come a trip with