Cut off from supply in the Rifiji River of East Africa, the German light Cruiser SMS Königsberg is spotted by a scout plane during her eight-month standoff with British cruisers. Ultimately, two shallow-draft river monitors did get close enough to bombard and sink the Königsberg in July, 1915."
What aircraft is it? Painting by Tom Freeman, available commercially as a print.
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The wiki article about the Konigsberg mention several aircraft being used possibly attack the ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_K%C3%B6nigsberg_(1905)
I think the Short type mentioned is the most likely - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Type_827
It's a Short Admiralty Type 74. Seven were built in 1914.
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