Great piece and certainly thought provoking. Waiting now to see the 'next up'.
Anyone interested in this may like to know that there is an allohistorical short story ('Tradition' by Elizabeth Moon) which presupposes that Craddock had command instead of Troubridge in the events that led to the escape of the Goeben. It's well written and worth a read.
I have often wondered whether Troubridge would have been the better commander at Coronel. Would he have been able to avoid action at such disadvantage and saved his squadron to fight another day?

Thanks, Richard. Haven't been able to get back to it yet . . . soon, maybe. I'll look up the story.