Battle of Coronel
The German vessels were largely undamaged but the French lost their gunboat. Several of Papeete's buildings were destroyed and the town's economy was severely disrupted. The main strategic consequence of the engagement was the disclosure of the cruisers' positions to the British Admiralty, which led to the Battle of Coronel where the entire German East Asia Squadron defeated a Royal Navy squadron. The depletion of "Scharnhorst"s and "Gneisenau"s ammunition at Papeete also contributed to their subsequent destruction at the Battle of the Falklands.