You folks seem to have a vast storehouse of knowledge about stuff like this..I live in Mexico for 9 months a year and there is a story about a German warship that took refuge in a sleepy Mexican anchorage called Conception Bay, now a bustling resort area on the east coast of the Baja peninsula in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez). The story has it that a German warship hid out there for a period of time 1913-1914(?) awaiting orders..
On my own, I have discovered that first the SMS Nurnberg and then the Leipzig, light cruisers, were stationed off the west coast of Mexico during this time period, so it would seem it is possible this story is true..
However, Conception Bay could have become a trap if the ship was discovered. Just 30 miles north up the coast was the French copper mining town of Santa Rosalia, a very important piece of property during this time period that generated a fair amount of shipping traffic..
Can any of you folks fill in the blanks here? Is there any record of any German warships ever hiding out in Conception Bay, Baja California?