Yeah... just like it was back on the Río de la Plata. We are approaching at a majestic pace the middle of the Rio de la Plata, as I know, the grave of many ships, many of them German warships, the most famous being the Admiral Graf Spee. After sinking several merchant ships in the Atlantic, the Graf Spee was sighted on Dec. 13, 1939, off the Río de la Plata estuary by a British search group consisting of the cruisers Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles, commanded by Commodore H. Harwood. Panzerschiff Graf Spee (Originaltitel: The Battle of the River Plate) ist ein britischer Film aus dem Jahr 1956 über das deutsche Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee, das zu Beginn des Zweiten Weltkrieges im Mittel- und Südatlantik alliierte Handelsschiffe aufbrachte und dann mit einem britischen Kreuzergeschwader die Seeschlacht vor dem Rio de la Plata ausfocht. Admiral Graf Spee was 186 meters (610 ft) long overall and had a beam of 21.65 m (71 ft) and a maximum draft of 7.34 m (24 ft 1 in). Harwood’s ships engaged the Graf Spee at the mouth of the Río de la Plata. Initial engagement. The book about the end of the proud ship I devoured as a teenager. Am 13. De Slag bij de Rio de la Plata. The ship had a design displacement of 14,890 t (14,650 long tons) and a full load displacement of 16,020 long tons (16,280 t), though the ship was officially stated to be within the 10,000-long-ton (10,160 t) limit of the Treaty of Versailles. In the ensuing battle, one of the British cruisers, HMS Exeter, was seriously damaged. Admiral Graf Spee's last battle was near the River Plate (Río de la Plata) before she sought refuge in Montevideo, Uruguay: Secretary (Special Touch) Play: Commander, may I hug you, even though my … On December 17, 1939, the German battleship Graf Spee was sunk in Uruguay by his own captain after confronting 3 British ships in what became known as ′′ The Battle of the Rio de la Plata ". The Battle of the River Plate (a.k.a. Dezember 1939 kam es vor der Mündung des Rio de la Plata vor Südamerika zu einem Seegefecht zwischen dem damals sog. The Battle of the River Plate (Rio de Plata), was the first major naval battle of World War Two. Het gevecht dat daarna volgde werd later in de geschiedenisboeken beschreven als de eerste zeeslag van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Pursuit of the Graf Spee in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, and Peter Finch.It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd.. In the early morning of December 13, 1939 the German pocket battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee , was cruising toward South America's Rio de la Plata (River Plate) in search of enemy merchant ships, where, it spotted ship masts in the distance. Westentaschenschlachtschiff Admiral Graf Spee und drei englischen Kreuzern. Los ingleses fomentaban el rumor de que más buques de guerra se acercaban al Río de la Plata para rematar al Graf Spee. Am Rio de la Plata. However, this was not before she dealt a serious blow to the Graf Spee, damaging the German ship’s fuel processing system, ensuring she would not be able to make it home without finding somewhere to … . It's sunny today? In de vroege ochtend van dertien december 1939 kwam het ter hoogte van de monding van de Rio de la Plata tussen de “Graf Spee” en een eskader van de “Royal Navy” tot een treffen. En Punta del Este, el pasado jueves murió el alemán Hans Eubel, último sobreviviente del acorazado Graf Spee, hundido en el Río de la Plata en 1939.