<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War I">World War I</a>: The German <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minelayer" id="mwAQM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Minelayer">minelayer</a> <a about="#mwt52" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"SS","href":"./Template:SS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Königin Luise"},"2":{"wt":"1913"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Königin_Luise_(1913)" id="mwAQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="SS Königin Luise (1913)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">SS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Königin Luise</i></a> lays a minefield about <span about="#mwt53" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"convert","href":"./Template:Convert"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"40"},"2":{"wt":"mi"},"3":{"wt":"km"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwAQU" typeof="mw:Transclusion">40 miles (64</span><span about="#mwt53" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><span about="#mwt53">km)</span> off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Estuary" id="mwAQY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Thames Estuary">Thames Estuary</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowestoft" id="mwAQc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lowestoft">Lowestoft</a>). She is intercepted and sunk by the British light-cruiser <a about="#mwt54" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"HMS","href":"./Template:HMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Amphion"},"2":{"wt":"1911"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Amphion_(1911)" id="mwAQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMS Amphion (1911)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">HMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Amphion</i></a>.