The side of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, lying battered and shell-torn in the harbor at Montevideo, Uruguay, December 17, 1939, after her running fight with British Royal Navy cruisers.

The future of a bronze eagle which once adorned the Nazi-era battleship Admiral Graf Spee remains uncertain after plans to melt it down were scrapped. Treasure hunters raised the eagle in 2006 off ...

Her father, Captain Hans Langsdorff, was the commander of the German battleship Graf Spee during World War II.He is buried in Argentina’s National Cemetery in Buenos Aires, the city where he ...

The Graf Spee had been a great threat to the Allied forces in WWII, having sunk eight merchant ships between the outbreak of war in September 1939 and its scuttling in December of that year. Image ...

Gustav Friedrich Adolph Quick, 89, the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away ...

The future of a bronze eagle which once adorned the Nazi-era battleship Admiral Graf Spee remains uncertain after plans to melt it down were scrapped. Treasure hunters raised the eagle in 2006 off ...

The Graf Spee immediately went into action sinking Allied supply ships up and down the West African coast. Between September and December the Graf Spee sank nine cargo vessels, totaling 50,089 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The scuttled Nazi battleship Admiral Graf Spee has withstood the silt and currents at the mouth of the River Plate for more than 60 ...

The "Graf Spee" was one of the first ships in the German navy to be equipped with radar - the rangefinder - which allowed it to measure the distance between the craft and its target, ...

The Graf Spee sank nine merchant ships in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic before she was intercepted on […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 77°F. Thursday, April 3rd 2025 ...