8 December 1914. Battle of the Falkland Islands.

BATTLE OF THE FALKLAND ISLANDS

Battle of the Falkland islands from The Ballad Index    http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/Tawn059.html
Information and some lyrics from "Grey Funnel Lines: Traditional Song & Verse of the Royal Navy 1900-1970" By Cyril Tawney (scroll down a little)    https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r01ACwAAQBAJ&pg=PT102&lpg=PT102&dq=%22One+day+at+Port+Stanley+The+lookout+man+did+see+Some+s