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Ships · Germany · 1936-1939

Admiral Graf Spee

pocket battleship

A commerce raider that sank nine merchant ships in the South Atlantic before being cornered by three Royal Navy cruisers at the Battle of the River Plate; badly damaged, her captain scuttled her outside Montevideo rather than fight on, and took his own life days later.

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displacement12,100 tonnes (standard), 16,020 full load
main armament6x 28cm guns
fatescuttled 17 December 1939

Battle of the Atlantic

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Panzerschiff "Admiral Graf Spee"
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Panzerschiff "Admiral Graf Spee"UnknownUnknown · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · source
1941 German service passport issued to Kriegsmarine officer Kurt Meusemann who served on the Graf Spee, was captured and later escaped back to Germany.
1941 German service passport issued to Kriegsmarine officer Kurt Meusemann who served on the Graf Spee, was captured and later escaped back to Germany.Huddyhuddy · CC0 · source
It's probably from the National Archives, but I've not gotten the hang of their search.
It's probably from the National Archives, but I've not gotten the hang of their search.USN · Public domain · source