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	Admiral Graf Spee - Gallery - Montevideo, Uruguay
		Admiral Graf Spee anchored in the harbour of Montevideo.
		The Germans removed these symbols from their ships at the outbreak of the war, except Admiral Graf Spee that still had it when it was scuttled.
		Admiral Graf Spee leaves the harbour in Montevideo on her last short voyage, 17.
	www.deutschland-class.dk /admiral_graf_spee/gallery/gallgrafspeemontevideo.html (317 words)

	German battleship Admiral Graf Spee - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Admiral Graf Spee was a pocket battleship (Panzerschiff, later reclassified as heavy cruiser) launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee.
		Although Admiral Graf Spee is often called Graf Spee for short, it must not be confused with the uncompleted World War I German battle cruiser SMS Graf Spee.
		Admiral Graf Spee sailed from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, in August 1939, her mission to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Admiral_Graf_Spee (729 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Admiral Graf Spee had been at sea at the start of the Second World War in September 1939 and had sunk several merchantmen in the Indian Ocean and South Atlantic Ocean without loss of life due to her captain's policy of taking all crews on board before sinking the victim.
		Admiral Graf Spee, despite having correctly identified Exeter, initially suspected that the two light cruisers were smaller destroyers and that the British ships were protecting a merchant convoy, the destruction of which would be a major prize.
		On 10 February 2006, the eagle figurehead of the Admiral Graf Spee was recovered.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=battle_of_the_River_Plate (2779 words)

	Admiral Graf Spee
		Admiral Graf Spee ble stående høyt i vannet og brenne, og ble totalt ødelagt av brannene som mannskapet satte igang.
		The expectations were great when Admiral Graf Spee left the harbor, and a great horde of journalists and other people had taken the tour down to the harbor to follow the battle they expected to take place outside between the German ship and the British forces that had gathered outside the coast.
		Admiral Graf Spee was left standing high in the waters and burn, and was completely destroyed by the fires the crew pulled of.
	www.skovheim.org /worldwide/southamerica/grafspee/grafspee.htm (1099 words)

	Admiral Graf Spee
		The Admiral Graf Spee, often called Graf Spee for short, was a pocket battleship launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I sailor (Count/Graf) Maximilian von Spee.
		In 1939 the Graf Spee sank a number of merchant ships in the south Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, with the first on 30 September.
		The Allies formed seven hunting groups in the Atlantic and one in the Indian Ocean to look for her, totalling three battleships, four aircraft carriers, and 16 cruisers.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ad/Admiral_Graf_Spee.html (156 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Admiral Graf Spee was a Panzerschiff, which served with the German Kriegsmarine before and during the early stages of World War II.
		Admiral Graf Spee was launched in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee who died, along with two of his sons, in the first Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914.
		Admiral Graf Spee sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 21 August 1939, to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee (1729 words)

	Simviation Forums - Graf Spee, Scharnhost, Gneisenau
		is the Admiral, and the Admiral Graf Spee the WW2 battleship.
		Admiral Graf Spee was the Commander of the East Asia Squadron, and his flagship was the cruiser Scharnhorst, the Gneisenau being the other main ship of the squadron.
		Because the Admiral Graf Spee was the Commander of the East Asia Squadron, and his flagship was the cruiser Scharnhorst.
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	German battleship Admiral Graf Spee
		The Admiral Graf Spee was a pocket battleship launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee.
		Although the Admiral Graf Spee is often called Graf Spee for short, it must not be confused with the uncompleted World War I German battle cruiser Graf Spee.
		In 1939 the Admiral Graf Spee sank a number of merchant ships in the south Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, with the first on September 30.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/g/ge/german_battleship_admiral_graf_spee.html (429 words)

	Science Fair Projects - DKM Admiral Graf Spee
		Admiral Graf Spee was a pocket battleship (Panzerschiff, later changed to heavy cruiser) launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee.
		In 1939 Admiral Graf Spee sank a number of merchant ships in the south Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean, the first on September 30 1939.
		After taking spectacular-looking but actually relatively superficial damage and retreating to the neutral port of Montevideo, the ship was scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff to avoid risking the crew in what he thought would be a losing battle.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/DKM_Admiral_Graf_Spee (796 words)

	Osprey Publishing - German Pocket Battleships 1939—45
		The Admiral Graf Spee then turned both her main turrets on her more powerful adversary and within minutes was straddling the Exeter with fire from her main 28cm guns.
		As Admiral Graf Spee attempted to close with the Exeter and finish off the wounded enemy, accurate fire from the lighter cruisers found their target and Admiral Graf Spee was hit amidships.Just fifteen minutes later, fire from the raider knocked out both of Ajax’s after turrets.
		Admiral Graf Spee was faced now by just two light cruisers, one of which had only three functional 6-inch barrels remaining and had suffered significant damage.
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	Acorazado de bolsillo "Admiral Graf Spee"
		El Graf Spee tenía en realidad un armamento supremo, terrible, para su tamaño: 6 cañones de 280 mm, 8 de 150 mm, 6 de 15 mm, 8 cañones menores, 37 ametralladoras y 8 lanzatorpedos.
		Además de todo esto, el Graf Spee tenía una primitiva computadora de a bordo para dirigir los disparos, un radar también rudimentario que solamente miraba hacia adelante y un hidravión para mirar más allá del horizonte.
		El Graf Spee, imposibilitado de pasar rápidamente a Buenos Aires, tampoco puede quedarse en Uruguay, y tampoco puede salir a aguas internacionales, donde lo espera la flota enemiga.
	casusbelli.iespana.es /mar/graf_spee.htm (2443 words)

	The Raiding Cruise of the Admiral Graf Spee
		The Raiding Cruise of the Admiral Graf Spee
		Graf Spee went to action stations at 0600, and by 0610 her lookouts had correctly identified the newcomers: the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter, and the light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMAS Achilles.
		The ensuing battle, and the eventual scuttle of the Graf Spee, is covered in the section "The Battle of the River Plate".
	www.bobhenneman.info /bhrcgs.htm (2753 words)

	Admiral Graf Spee
		October 1, 1932-The keel of the Admiral Graf Spee is laid down in the Reichsmarinewerft in Wilhelmshaven.
		Admiral Graf Spee scores several hits on the other two cruisers as well, receiving several hits in retaliation, most of which failed to penetrate the ships armor.
		December 17, 1939-Admiral Graf Spee is ordered to leave Montevideo around 0615, pending reports that the Royal Navy was arriving in force nearby.
	www.angelfire.com /ia/totalwar/kmsGrafSpee.html (450 words)

	Admiral Graf Spee: Pocket Battleship - Hitler's Third Reich and World War Two
		The Graf Spee, a pocket battleship, was considered one of the most sophisticated vessels of its time.
		In what was to become the first great naval battle of the WW2, the Graf Spee took on 3 Allied ships on 13 Dec, 1939, and crippled one before being hit and later scuttled by its captain to settle in the thick mud of the River Plate.
		The Battle of River Plate was fought on 13 Dec 1939 between the Admiral Graf Spee and the Allied Naval task force.
	hitlernews.cloudworth.com /admiral-graf-spee-pocket-battleship.php (1153 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Langsdorff was born in Bergen on the island of RÃ¼gen in 1894, the eldest son of a family with legal and religious traditions rather than a naval tradition.
		In 1898 the family moved to DÃ¼sseldorf, where they were neighbours of the family of Count (Graf) Maximilian von Spee, who was to become a German naval hero (while losing his entire command) in the battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914.
		Shortly thereafter, planted charges blew up Admiral Graf Spee and she settled into the shallow water (today she has settled in the mud and lies in 7â“â“8 meters of water, depending on the tide).
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Hans_Langsdorff (1007 words)

	CHAPTER 3 The Search for the Admiral Graf Spee \| NZETC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Admiral Graf Spee was to cruise in an area north-west of the Cape Verde Islands until hostilities commenced; afterwards she was to operate on the South Atlantic trade routes.
		The Admiral Graf Spee moved off to the south-eastward and on 20 October received a message from Germany that two supply ships were on their way to meet her.
		On 6 December the Admiral Graf Spee met the Altmark for what proved to be the last time, most of the raider's prisoners being transferred to the latter and fuel taken in.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-c3.html (7670 words)

	German battleship Admiral Graf Spee - Definition, explanation
		Admiral Graf Spee was a pocket battleship (Panzerschiff, later reclassified as heavy cruiser) launched by Germany in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee.
		Although Admiral Graf Spee is often called Graf Spee for short, it must not be confused with the uncompleted World War I German battle cruiser SMS Graf Spee.
		Admiral Graf Spee sailed from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, in August 1939, her mission to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/g/ge/german_battleship_admiral_graf_spee.php (798 words)

	Langsdorff of the Grafspee
		Admiral Graf Spee, commissioned in 1936, was the most modern of these ships.
		Dubbed pocket battleships, Deutschland, Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee held the premier position in the German fleet in the thirties.
		This was a well kept secret until the Battle of the River Plate when Graf Spee fell short in the clinch.
	www.grafspee.com /theship.html (215 words)

	Graf Spee (1861-1914) - Vizeadmiral Graf Maximilian von Spee
		Graf Spee (1861-1914) - Vizeadmiral Graf Maximilian von Spee
		Graf Spee - Kreuzergeschwader Graf Spee - Seeschlacht bei Coronel - Schlacht bei den Falklandinseln
		Schon 1917 wurde von Gräfin Margarete von Spee ein Großer Kreuzer vom Typ Mackensen auf den Namen "Graf Spee" (S.M.S. Graf Spee - Panzerkreuzer) getauft.
	www.deutsche-schutzgebiete.de /graf_spee.htm (690 words)

	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee information - Search.com
		Admiral Graf Spee was launched in 1934 and named after the World War I Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee who died, along with two of his sons, in the first Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914.
		Before Admiral Graf Spee was given her official name, she was referred to as Panzerschiff C and Ersatz Braunschweig, as she would be replacing the old battleship Braunschweig in the fleet inventory.
		Admiral Graf Spee sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 21 August 1939, her mission to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
	www.search.com /reference/German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee (1206 words)

	The Wreck of the SMS Thuringen
		The famed German warship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled in the estuary of the River Plate, off Montevideo Uruguay, on Dec 17, 1939.
		Because of these hazards and the poor visibility, more divers die on the wreck of the Graf Spee every year than on any other wreck.
		Just days after the ship was scuttled, Graf Spee claimed her first diver: one of the top divers in the Royal Navy attempted to enter the forward 11-inch turret to recover the gyro-firing system, but drowned.
	www.bobhenneman.info /GrafSpeewreck.htm (455 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Maximilian von Spee
		At the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914 off the coast of Chile, Spee sunk two British cruisers under the command of Sir Christopher Cradock, outclassing the British in terms of both gunnery and seamanship.
		At the Battle of the Falkland Islands, on 8 December 1914, Spee attempted a raid upon British wireless and coaling facilities at Port Stanley.
		Unbeknownst to Spee however, a British squadron, including two fast, modern battle cruisers, Invincible and Inflexible, were at that same time coaling at Port Stanley, sent by First Sea Lord Admiral Fisher to reverse the British defeat at Coronel, commanded by Vice Admiral Frederick Sturdee.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/spee.htm (280 words)

	Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee
		The Graf Spee had met the Altmark 9 times to refuel, and this was its last meeting with the ship.
		The Graf Spee received a number of hits during the battle and was forced to take refuge in Montevideo for repairs - International law allowed ships to take refuge in neutral harbors for repairs for a maximum limit of 24 hours, depending on the wishes of the neutral host.
		Just after sunset, the Graf Spee was blown up with a series of well placed charges, causing it to sink in shallow water, coming to rest on the soft bottom in plain view of the coast.
	www.feldgrau.com /grafspee.html (1216 words)

	Admiral Graf Spee
		ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE, Built at Wilhelmshaven Navy Yard and launched 30th June 1934 and commissioned 6th January 1936, from the outset of The second World war, she quickly operated as a commerce raider sinking a total of 50,089 tons of shipping.
		ADMIRAL GRAFF SPEE, Built at Wilhelmshaven Navy Yard and launched 30th June 1934 and commissioned 6th January 1936, from the outset of The second World war, she quickly operated as a commerce raider sinking a total of 50,089 tons of shipping.
		This was to be the last haven for the Graf Spee which was later scuttled at the harbour mouth, her commander Kapitan zur See Langsdorff believing a large British fleet to be waiting for attempted escape into the South Atlantic.
	www.naval-art.com /graf_spee.htm (1015 words)

	Divers Set To Begin Project To Recover The 'Graf Spee'
		Most of the Graf Spee survivors have died and only octogenarians in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo can recall watching one of the first naval clashes of World War II unfold on their sleepy shores.
		Under the command of Capt. Hans Langsdorff, the Graf Spee sank nine commercial vessels in the Atlantic in late 1939 but always gave the crews time to evacuate the ships.
		The team will study how to lighten the Graf Spee until they can raise the ship's hull, which is in two pieces, one 490 feet long, the other 98 feet long.
	www.rense.com /general48/diver.htm (630 words)

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