Thirty-seven German sailors were killed in the confrontation and Captain Langsdorff was wounded, along with 57 other of the Graf Spee's men. The Graf Spee was hit more than 30 times by shells ...

The telemeter was recovered first, in 2004, a huge piece weighing 27 tons, which at the time was state of the art technology for firing accurately heavy guns The Graf Spee was scuttled in December ...

When war broke out in September 1939, the Graf Spee was patrolling in the Atlantic. It played a significant role in the German effort to cut Allied shipping lines, sinking eight merchant ships ...

For months, the Graf Spee, Germany’s most successful commerce raider, had dominated the Atlantic, but the hunt had finally caught up with her. By following the rules of war and sparing merchant ...