Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class "Panzerschiff" (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine...
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other men. Spee was hailed as a hero in Germany, and several ships were named in his honor, including the heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, which was built...
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Admiral Graf Spee may refer to: Graf Maximilian von Spee (1861–1914), German admiral German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, a 1934 German Navy cruiser (or...
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SMS Graf Spee, incomplete Mackensen-class battlecruiser of World War I, scrapped in 1923 The German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, launched in 1934, that...
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Deutschland-class cruiser (section Admiral Graf Spee)
Treaty of Versailles. The ships of the class, Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, and Admiral Graf Spee, were all stated to displace 10,000 long tons (10,160 t)...
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[citation needed][clarification needed] The Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, commanded by Captain Hans Langsdorff, engaged a Royal Navy squadron...
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the harbor. On 26 June 1937, she was relieved by her sister ship Admiral Graf Spee, allowing her to return to Wilhelmshaven on 1 July. She returned to...
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Uruguay during World War II (section Admiral Graf Spee)
squadron and the German "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee. All four vessels suffered damage and the Graf Spee took refuge in Montevideo harbour. Negotiations...
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officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee before and during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay...
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HMS Ajax (22) (redirect from HMS Ajax (1934))
her station off the Plate on 21 September. When the German raider, Admiral Graf Spee, became a threat, Force G was formed from Ajax (flagship, Commodore...
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commerce raiders during World War II, of which Admiral Scheer was the most successful; Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate...
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Henry Harwood (category Royal Navy admirals of World War II)
the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, which was attacking Allied shipping there. Harwood suspected that Graf Spee would try to strike next at...
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German cruiser Nürnberg (redirect from Light Cruiser Admiral Makarov)
1937, Nürnberg took part in fleet maneuvers with the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Deutschland, the light cruisers Leipzig and Karlsruhe, and several...
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SS Clement (category 1934 ships)
Alfred Booth and Company from 1934 to 1939 until she was intercepted and sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the east coast of Brazil...
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HMS Ark Royal (91) (section Hunting the Graf Spee)
off the African coast in the hunt for the German commerce raider Admiral Graf Spee. The carrier was assigned to Force K, and sailed with the battlecruiser...
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one of three British cruisers that fought the German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, later that year in the Battle of the River Plate. She was severely...
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Atlantic and Indian Ocean during the search for the enemy German raider Admiral Graf Spee. On 2 December she and the battlecruiser HMS Renown intercepted the...
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Königsberg, Admiral Graf Spee and two large torpedo boats (which in German service were the size of small destroyers). The Admiral Graf Spee used this unit...
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of the River Plate: In South American waters, the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee was critically damaged in a battle with the British warships Exeter...
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cruiser) Admiral Scheer 1936: Deutschland-class Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee 1939: Scharnhorst-class battleship Scharnhorst 1941: Bismarck-class battleship...
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Walter Warzecha (category General admirals of the Kriegsmarine)
Baltic. Warzecha served as the commander of the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee between October 1937 and October 1938. On 1 November 1938 he was promoted...
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major refit in 1937–38. Kent hunted the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the East Indies in late 1939 and then was reassigned to troop convoy...
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battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of South West Africa, becoming the seventh victim of the commerce raiding sortie of Graf Spee. Designed and...
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(10,800 tons, 6 × 280 mm guns) Deutschland (1933–1948) Admiral Scheer (1934–1945) Admiral Graf Spee (1936–1939) Type 23 torpedo boats (923 tons, 3 × 105...
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on the famous Panzerschiffes - Lützow (ex-Deutschland), Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee. For needed elevation turrets were fitted with RPC. Shells...
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South Atlantic in pursuit of German surface raider heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. Neptune, with other patrolling Royal Navy heavy units, was sent to...
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La Cumbrecita (category Populated places established in 1934)
the crew of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. The town is organized as a commune. It was founded on 9 September 1934, when the Cabjolsky family bought...
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year unsuccessfully hunting for the commerce-raiding German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee in the Indian Ocean before returning to the Mediterranean. She was...
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Faced with the arrival of Deutschland, its two sister ships Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee, the light cruisers Köln, Leipzig, and Nürnberg, and several...
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in the construction of the German cruiser Admiral Scheer and the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee. In 1934 Pielstick was appointed director of the diesel...
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