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to a period of 72 hours for repairs in
Montevideo, before she would be interned for the duration of the war. On 17 December 1939, Langsdorff ordered the destruction of all important equipment aboard the ship. The ship's remaining ammunition supply was dispersed throughout the ship, in preparation for
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Langsdorff was unwilling to risk the lives of his crew, so he decided to scuttle the ship. He knew that although
Uruguay was neutral, the government was on friendly terms with Britain and if he allowed his ship to be interned, the Uruguayan Navy would allow British intelligence officers access to the
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A court case involving the private salvage company that had been involved in the effort to raise the wreck ended in 2019 with a court order for the government to sell the ornament and give some of the proceeds to the salvage company. The decision was later overruled and the government received full
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As a result of battle damage and casualties, Langsdorff decided to put into
Montevideo, where repairs could be effected and the wounded men could be evacuated from the ship. Most of the hits scored by the British cruisers had caused only minor structural and superficial damage, but the oil
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prisoner but left the rest of her crew to abandon ship in the lifeboats. The cruiser then fired 30 rounds from her 28 cm and 15 cm guns and two torpedoes at the cargo ship, which broke up and sank. Langsdorff ordered a distress signal sent to the naval station in
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of the ship; it was stored in a
Uruguayan naval warehouse following German complaints about exhibiting "Nazi paraphernalia". An attempt to sell the ornament prompted the Uruguayan government to prohibit any sale to prevent neo-Nazis from acquiring it. Instead, the
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was 100 mm (3.9 in) thick; her upper deck was 17 mm (0.67 in) thick while the main armored deck was 45 to 70 mm (1.8 to 2.8 in) thick. The main battery turrets had 140 mm (5.5 in) thick faces and 80 mm thick sides.
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14,000, a front for the
British. The British had been surprised by the accuracy of the gunnery and expected to find a radar range finder, which they did. They used the knowledge thus acquired to try to develop countermeasures, under the leadership of
1638:—were some 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) away, much too far to intervene in the situation. Believing the British reports, Langsdorff discussed his options with commanders in Berlin. These were either to break out and seek refuge in
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approaching the two German ships. Langsdorff ordered both vessels to depart at high speed, successfully evading the
British cruiser. On 26 September, the ship finally received orders authorizing attacks on Allied merchant shipping. Four days later
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632:(30,200 km; 18,800 mi). As designed, her standard complement consisted of 33 officers and 586 enlisted men, though after 1935 this was significantly increased to 30 officers and 921–1,040 sailors. The ship was equipped one
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in 1942–1943, though parts of the ship were visible for some time after; the wreck lies at a depth of only 11 m (36 ft). The salvage rights were purchased from the German
Government by a Montevideo engineering company for
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dropped the plan claiming that "there is an overwhelming majority that does not share this decision" and that "if one wants to generate peace, the first thing one has to do is to generate union. Clearly this has not generated it."
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and the ship was scuttled at 20:55. The explosions from the munitions sent jets of flame high into the air and created a large cloud of smoke that obscured the ship which burned in the shallow water for the next two days.
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was deployed to the South
Atlantic in the weeks before the outbreak of World War II, to be positioned in merchant sea lanes once war was declared. Between September and December 1939, the warship sank nine vessels totaling
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plant and galley were also destroyed, which would have increased the difficulty of a return to
Germany. A hit in the bow would also have negatively affected her seaworthiness in the heavy seas of the North Atlantic.
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was able to send out a distress signal before she was sunk, which prompted
Harwood to take his three cruisers to the mouth of the River Plate, which he suspected might be Langsdorff's next target. On 3 December,
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At 05:30 on the morning of 13 December 1939, lookouts spotted a pair of masts off the ship's starboard bow. Langsdorff assumed this to be the escort for a convoy mentioned in the documents recovered from
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On 20 December, in his room in a Buenos Aires hotel, Langsdorff shot himself in full dress uniform while lying on the ship's battle ensign. In late January 1940, the neutral American cruiser
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against Allied merchant traffic. Hitler nevertheless delayed issuing the order until it became clear that Britain would not countenance a peace treaty following the conquest of Poland. The
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returned to Spain for a fourth non-intervention patrol. Following fleet maneuvers and a brief visit to Sweden, the ship conducted a fifth and final patrol in February 1938. In 1938,
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had been hit approximately 70 times; 36 men were killed and 60 more were wounded, including Langsdorff, who had been wounded twice by splinters while standing on the open bridge.
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took command of the vessel; she conducted a series of goodwill visits to various foreign ports throughout the year. These included cruises into the Atlantic, where she stopped in
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retreating into the River Plate estuary, while Harwood's battered cruisers remained outside to observe any possible breakout attempts. In the course of the engagement,
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immediately issued a warning to merchant shipping that a German surface raider was in the area. The British crew later reached the Brazilian coast in their lifeboats.
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After arriving in port, the wounded crewmen were taken to local hospitals and the dead were buried with full military honors. Captive Allied seamen, consisting of 6
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and erected a dummy second funnel behind the aircraft catapult to alter her silhouette significantly in a bid to confuse allied shipping as to her true identity.
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to withdraw from the action; by now, only one of her gun turrets was still in action, and she had suffered 61 dead and 23 wounded crew members. At around 07:00,
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in October 1932 and completed by January 1936. The ship was nominally under the 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) limitation on warship size imposed by the
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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
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from the naval warehouse. Sielecki said he wanted to explode the crest into “a thousand pieces" in order to keep it out of the hands of neo-Nazis.
1035:; this included several of the ship's boats, flammable paint, and two of her ten 2 cm anti-aircraft guns, which were installed on the tanker.
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had cruised for almost 30,000 nautical miles (56,000 km; 35,000 mi) and needed an engine overhaul. On 15 November, the ship sank the
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off the coast of Brazil. The cargo ship transmitted an "RRR" signal ("I am under attack by a raider") before the cruiser ordered her to stop.
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Langsdorff thought the two light cruisers were making a torpedo attack, and turned away under a smokescreen. The respite allowed
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of 16,020 long tons (16,280 t), she significantly exceeded it. Armed with six 28 cm (11 in) guns in two triple
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three times, disabling her two forward turrets, destroying her bridge and her aircraft catapult, and starting major fires.
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C/30 guns were installed in their place. The ship also carried a pair of quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) deck-mounted
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to be scuttled. A crowd of 20,000 watched as the scuttling charges were set; the crew was taken off by an Argentine
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of her aerial reconnaissance. The ship's disguise was removed, so it would not hinder the ship in battle.
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at the British radar project. The Admiralty complained about the large sum paid for the salvage rights.
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scuttling. On 17 December, the ship, with only Langsdorff and 40 other men aboard, moved into the outer
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reported that the eagle and crest would be melted down and recast into a dove by Uruguayan artist
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but had no aircraft hangar. One floatplane was carried on the catapult. The initial
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s 28 cm guns. The German ship opened fire with her main battery at
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encountered her last victim on the evening of 7 December: the freighter
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to withdraw again, this time with a list to port. At 07:25,
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244:(52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
2765:. Cambridge University Press.
1646:ship. Under Article 17 of the
771:(center) lie in the background
317:8 Ă— 53.3 cm (21 in)
1:
2948:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
2763:Fred Hoyle, a Life in Science
2704:Jackson, Robert, ed. (2001).
2597:
2585:The Battle of the River Plate
1246:was too slow to keep up with
1147:French aircraft carrier
874:; he was replaced in 1937 by
574:was 186 meters (610 ft)
417:. The vessel was named after
3480:Ships built in Wilhelmshaven
2999:. London: Cassell & Co.
2510:(in Spanish). 2 January 2022
1843:
1800:
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1302:on the night of 17 October.
612:was powered by four sets of
7:
3475:Scuttled vessels of Germany
2924:Battleships of World War II
2577:
1607:shortly after her scuttling
1543:to relieve the pressure on
1509:returned fire, followed by
1213:to patrol the area off the
881:. After joining the fleet,
342:: 100 mm (3.9 in)
336:: 140 mm (5.5 in)
10:
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3460:Deutschland-class cruisers
2687:German Warships: 1815–1945
1455:
812:pre-dreadnought battleship
707:10.5 cm (4.1 in)
548:
429:who fought the battles of
129:Scuttled, 17 December 1939
3455:Battle of the River Plate
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2784:. Ithaca: McBooks Press.
2534:Jewish Telegraphic Agency
1458:Battle of the River Plate
1439:Battle of the River Plate
1401:. On 6 December, she met
1298:and Langsdorff then sank
711:3.7 cm (1.5 in)
703:8.8 cm (3.5 in)
699:8.8 cm (3.5 in)
559:Recognition drawing of a
551:Deutschland-class cruiser
544:
511:Battle of the River Plate
193:21.65 m (71 ft)
133:
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23:
3029:. Nga Taonga (NZ). 2023.
2591:Pursuit of the Graf Spee
1805:
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1648:Hague Convention of 1907
893:non-intervention patrols
715:2 cm (0.79 in)
691:15 cm (5.9 in)
484:non-intervention patrols
482:The ship conducted five
312:15 cm (5.9 in)
2995:Whitley, M. J. (2000).
2922:Whitley, M. J. (1998).
2621:Bonner, Kermit (1996).
1758:was recovered from the
839:into the German fleet.
675:28 cm (11 in)
656:FMG G(gO) "Seetakt" set
305:28 cm (11 in)
134:General characteristics
2761:Mitton, Simon (2011).
2742:Miller, David (2013).
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1784:On 17 June 2023, the
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1230:captured the steamer
1076:Booth Steam Ship Co's
974:
957:. On 21 August 1939,
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685:. The ship carried a
640:was replaced with an
558:
3485:Shipwrecks in rivers
3112:Deutschland / LĂĽtzow
1505:at 06:17. At 06:20,
1292:were transferred to
604:Treaty of Versailles
455:Treaty of Versailles
3048: /
1922:Stephen & Grove
1907:Koop & Schmolke
1704:optical rangefinder
1209:; Harwood detached
1001:in September 1939,
833:Maximilian von Spee
801:Ersatz Braunschweig
780:was ordered by the
507:gross register tons
425:, commander of the
423:Maximilian von Spee
369:Aviation facilities
78:Maximilian von Spee
2942:Williamson, Gordon
2909:. 15 December 2014
2828:The New York Times
2669:. 10 February 2006
2649:. 26 February 2004
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278:processing systems
229:2 propellers; 8 Ă—
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3052:34.967°S 56.283°W
3006:978-0-304-35707-9
2982:(2): S1418–S153.
2955:978-1-84176-501-3
2933:978-1-55750-184-4
2894:978-0-7110-1596-8
2887:. Ian Allan ltd.
2875:978-0-7183-0679-3
2856:978-0-85177-146-5
2813:978-1-59114-119-8
2791:978-1-59013-096-4
2753:978-1-4738-2234-4
2734:978-1-84832-196-0
2715:978-0-7603-1026-7
2696:978-0-87021-790-6
2634:978-1-56311-289-8
2606:Warship Profile 4
2536:. 12 January 2022
2145:, pp. 40–41.
2133:, pp. 61–63.
2055:, pp. 76–77.
1909:, pp. 33–34.
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1432:Admiral Graf Spee
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1391:Admiral Graf Spee
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1112:British Admiralty
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960:Admiral Graf Spee
923:Admiral Graf Spee
907:Coronation Review
902:Admiral Graf Spee
889:Spanish Civil War
884:Admiral Graf Spee
844:Admiral Graf Spee
810:replaced the old
807:Admiral Graf Spee
790:Reichsmarinewerft
777:Admiral Graf Spee
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663:Admiral Graf Spee
647:Admiral Graf Spee
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488:Spanish Civil War
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445:Reichsmarinewerft
384:Admiral Graf Spee
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118:Commissioned
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2673:10 February
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419:World War I
391:Deutschland
266:33 officers
144:Deutschland
3445:1934 ships
3439:Categories
3216:Shipwrecks
2598:References
2560:Yahoo News
2540:12 January
2514:12 January
2430:Williamson
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1975:Williamson
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1385:Doric Star
1380:Doric Star
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1108:Pernambuco
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768:Resolution
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521:Montevideo
363:floatplane
261:Complement
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2972:Graf Spee
1844:Citations
1801:Footnotes
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1594:Scuttling
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758:in 1937;
695:amidships
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596:long tons
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346:Main deck
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166:long tons
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3321:31 Dec:
3314:Columbus
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2578:See also
2495:Schuetze
1750:swastika
1628:captains
1535:Achilles
1525:had hit
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1300:Huntsman
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1178:cruisers
1053:s Arado
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3378:Triumph
3268:Duchess
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2566:18 June
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