[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":4},["ShallowReactive",2],{"event-plain-scuttling-of-the-ss-aud-libau":3},"On April 21, 1916, the German merchant ship SS Libau, disguised as the Norwegian vessel SS Aud, was scuttled by its crew off the coast of County Cork, Ireland. The ship was attempting to deliver a large cargo of arms, including 20,000 rifles and one million rounds of ammunition, to Irish rebels for the planned Easter Rising. Intercepted by the Royal Navy, Captain Karl Spindler chose to sink the vessel rather than allow the weapons to fall into British hands. This event significantly hampered the rebels' ability to arm themselves, contributing to the limited scale of the Rising outside Dublin.",1789333839052]