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	German battleship Admiral Graf Spee - Biocrawler
		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)

	Admiral Graf Spee - Operational History
		Admiral Graf Spee was engaged in a battle off the coast of Uruguay with a small British naval group consisting of the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter and the light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.
		Admiral Graf Spee was hit amidships and set on fire when subjected to heavy salvos from the light cruisers, but she laid another smoke screen and turned 130° to port to avoid torpedoes from Ajax loosed off at a range of 4,5 nautical miles.
		Admiral Graf Spee fired a few salvos at a range of 13 nautical miles to reinforce the message, by which time it was already clear that she would probably be running into a neutral River Plate port to effect repairs.
	www.deutschland-class.dk /admiral_graf_spee/admiral_graf_spee_operation_hist.html (1796 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		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 sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 21 August 1939, to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
		Numerous objects pertaining to the Graf Spee is in the museum of the 'Cuartel Paso del Rey' in 'SarandÃ del YÃ', in the Department of 'Durazno' in Uruguay [1].
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee (1927 words)

	German , Nurnberg, Lutzow, Admiral Hipper, Graf Spee, Scheer, Tirpitz, Bismarck, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Graf, ...
		German U-boats and two pocket battleships sail for their war stations in the Atlantic late August.
		German Heavy Warships and Raiders - Pocket battleship "Admiral Scheer" was hunting in the South Atlantic, while battlecruisers "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" in Germany and heavy cruiser "Hipper" in Brest, France prepared to sail.
		Partly because of the damage, the battleship was moved south to Tromso.
	www.naval-history.net /WW2CampaignsGermanWarships.htm (7482 words)

	Admiral Graf Spee - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Spee, Maximilian, Graf von (1861-1914), German naval officer, born in Copenhagen.
		In the South Pacific a squadron of German cruisers under the command of Admiral Maximilian von Spee did considerable damage to installations at the...
		Admiral Graf Spee was a panzerschiff, which served with the German Kriegsmarine before and during the early stages of World War II.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Admiral_Graf_Spee.html (185 words)

	Navy News - News Desk - News - German battleship wreck may be raised (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by her crew off Montevideo in December 1939, rather than face a resumption of the Battle of the River Plate and almost certain destruction with consequent loss of life.
		Graf Spee’s sinking was the solitary high point for Britain during the early stages of the war – the so-called ‘Phoney War’ – and it “warmed the cockles of our hearts”, as Churchill famously said later.
		Graf Spee will be reassembled on land and those behind the salvage scheme hope she will become the “best ship museum in the world”.
	www.navynews.co.uk /articles/2004/0403/0004030201.asp (672 words)

	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee Information
		Admiral Graf Spee was a Heavy Cruiser, originally classified as a Panzerschiff, which served with the German Kriegsmarine before and during 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, her mission to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
	www.bookrags.com /German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee (1185 words)

	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee information - Search.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Admiral Graf Spee was a Heavy Cruiser, originally classified as a Panzerschiff, which served with the German Kriegsmarine before and during World War II.
		Admiral Graf Spee sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 21 August 1939, her mission to act as a raider in the South Atlantic.
		On 13 December 1939, she was located by the British Hunting Group G, consisting of the 8 inch (203 mm) gunned cruiser HMS Exeter and the 6 inch (152 mm) gunned light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles, and the Battle of the River Plate ensued.
	www.search.com /reference/German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee (1186 words)

	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee - Japan
		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.
		Admiral Graf Spee scuttled, following the Battle of the River Plate, in which she was engaged by New Zealand cruiser HMS Achilles.
	german-pocket-battleship-admiral-graf-spee.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee (2050 words)

	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)

	Divers aim to raise the Graf Spee - World News - News - icWales
		Feared by many navies at the outset of the war, the Graf Spee - a pocket battleship which carried less powerful guns and was smaller than a conventional battleship - fought one of the early important naval battles of the war when it was spotted by British forces off the South American coast.
		The Battle of the River Plate began on December 13, 1939, near the mouth of the river as the German warship was pursued by a group consisting of the British light cruisers Exeter and Achilles, and the Ajax of New Zealand, under the command of Commodore Henry Harwood.
		The Graf Spee was crippled in the fight after receiving several direct hits and Captain Hans Langsdorff decided to seek refuge in Montevideo harbour but was unable to make the necessary repairs within the 72-hour period afforded in a neutral harbour by international convention.
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /news/latest-world-news/content_objectid=13912412_method=full_siteid=50082_headline=-Divers-aim-to-raise-the-Graf-Spee-name_page.html (671 words)

	Langsdorff of the Grafspee
		Reputed to be faster than a battleship and more powerful than a cruiser they caused some alarm in international naval circles.
		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.
	www.grafspee.com /langs2_theship.html (215 words)

	ISGraf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Graf Spee sailed on Aug. 21 1939 to a holding area in the South Atlantic, where she waited until commencing her first wartime mission as a surface raider.
		The Iron Shipwright kit depicts Graf Spee as she appeared at the time of her 1939 scuttling.
		I may yet purchase another Graf Spee so that I can display her in the camo pattern worn at the time of her 1939 scuttling.
	www.steelnavy.com /ISGraf.htm (828 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee
		The Admiral Graf Spee is considered one of the most famous German warships, along with the Bismarck.
		On 13 December 1939, she was located by the British Hunting Group G, consisting of the 8 inch (203 mm) gunned cruiser HMS Exeter and the 6 inch (152 mm) gunned light cruisers HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles (of the Royal New Zealand Navy), and the Battle of the River Plate ensued.
		On 10 February 2006, the eagle figurehead of the Admiral Graf Spee was recovered To protect the feelings of those sensitive to Nazi Germany, the swastika on the figurehead was covered as it was pulled from the water.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee (1831 words)

	World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Battle of the Atlantic 1939 - Worldwar-2.net
		The German pocket Battleships, Graf Spee and Deutschland, which had sailed from Germany in August, are given orders to attack allied shipping in the Atlantic.
		A German air attack damages the British cruisers HMS Southampton, HMS Edinburgh and the destroyer HMS Mohawk in the Firth of Forth, in Scotland.
		Two German cruisers which are accompanied by 5 destroyers are damaged by torpedo's from the British submarine HMS Salmon as they are return from a mine laying operation of the northeast coast of England.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-at-sea/atlantic/battle-of-the-atlantic-index-1939.htm (932 words)

	- - Uruguay Natural - -
		In the port of Montevideo, we find a monument with the anchor of the German pocket battleship "Admiral Graf Spee", which was one of the contenders in "The Battle of the River Plate", during the Second World War.
		At the end of 1939, the "Graf Spee" was surprised by three smaller British ships, opposite the coast of Punta del Este (their anchors are now shown there).
		On the 17th of December, the "Graf Spee" left port and, to the astonishment of the crowd that was watching its departure, the battleship was blown up and sunk outside Montevideo harbour, by decision of its captain.
	www.turismo.gub.uy /conozca/ingles/historico/san_carlos.htm (357 words)

	CNN.com - Salvage crew struggles to raise German battleship - Feb. 9, 2004
		The Graf Spee is slowly sinking in this photo taken by Friedrich Adolphe, a survivor of the sinking.
		The "Battle of the River Plate" began on December 13, 1939, near the mouth of the river as the German warship was pursued by a battle group consisting of two British light cruisers, HMS Exeter and HMS Ajax, and the HMNZS Achilles of New Zealand.
		The Graf Spee was crippled in the fight after receiving several direct hits, and Capt. Hans Langsdorff decided to take refuge in Montevideo harbor.
	cnn.com /2004/WORLD/americas/02/09/uruguay.battleship.ap (697 words)

	Salvage Team Prepares to Raise WWII Ship \| Current Affairs \| Deutsche Welle \| 04.02.2004
		A German battleship that terrorized the South Atlantic during the early days of World War II is to begin its journey back to the surface from its resting place off the coast of Uruguay this week.
		Once a vessel feared by the British navy, the Graf Spee was regarded as a symbol of German naval might early in the war, as it prowled the South Atlantic chasing and sinking as many as nine allied merchant ships while always allowing the crews time to evacuate the ships.
		But the battle and the story of the Graf Spee is well documented, as much for the demise of such a revolutionary and innovative vessel as the ferocity of the conflict.
	www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1430_A_1104786_1_A,00.html (672 words)

	Battleship Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismark
		On the morning of 27 May Admiral Tovey manoeuvred his squadron so that it would approach the Bismarck from the west and have the target silhouetted by the morning light.
		The battleships, King George V and Rodney, sailed in line abreast about 550 meter (600 yards) apart toward the last reported position of the enemy.
		At 0912 - 1016, the Battleship Bismarck received multiple hits at point blank range between 2,500 (2,700 yards) and 4,000 meters (4,400 yards), but was still afloat.
	battleshiparchive.com (424 words)

	Mountford 1/1200 Admiral Graf Spee German Pocket Battleship Kit WW2 (MM102) \| Antics Online
		Prowling the South Atlantic early in WW2, and having sunk 11 British merchant ships, the pocket battleship Graf Spee was spotted by the cruisers Ajax, Exeter and Achilles.
		The armoured warship Admiral Graf Spee went into service on 6th January 1936, as the new flagship of the German navy.
		Public attention was recently focussed on the wreck of the Admiral Graf Spee again, when it became known that Uruguayan contractors wished to raise parts of the ship to form the nucleus of a museum.
	www.shipmodels.co.uk /1323_1_1451694.html/Mountford_1-1200_Admiral_Graf_Spee_German_Pocket_Battleship_Kit_WW2_(MM102) (272 words)

	German Battleship Bismarck, sinking of
		Given the disparity in strength between the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) and the Royal Navy, German strategy at sea during World War II was to avoid a traditional naval battle and attack Allied merchant shipping with surface raiders and submarines (U-boats).
		Although the German battleship had avoided many British patrols and was only 670 miles northwest of Brest, she was still far from the safety of German Air Force (Luftwaffe) air cover.
		German gunnery was inaccurate, probably owing to crew exhaustion, and after an hour and a half Bismarck was reduced to a blazing shambles.
	www.history.navy.mil /faqs/faq118-1.htm (1660 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Maximilian von Spee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		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)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log - The Battle of the River Plate. 13th. December 1939
		Graf Spee was still 16,000 yards from theFirst Division, and they were ordered to close the enemy at speed, accepting they would lose the benefit of having their guns bear on the enemy whilst they steamed closer to the German ship.
		At 0732 (7.32 AM) Graf Spee turned away to the West and started to zig zag, and Ajax seemed to be making good use of her three available guns, one of the hoists had failed in B turret, and both X and Y turrets were out of action.
		Graf Spee was reported to have landed all the borrowed welding equipment in the forenoon.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/TheBattleoftheRiverPlate..html (3835 words)

	Battle on the River Plate as salvage resuscitates history - 06 Sep 2006 - Montevideo
		An intricate diplomatic minuet surrounds the salvage of the Graf Spee.
		RIO DE JANEIRO - Gingerly, and with the utmost delicacy, bits from the Graf Spee - the German pocket battleship whose captain was fooled into scuttling her in Uruguayan waters in December 1939 - are being salvaged in the shallow waters of the River Plate.
		The German forced the Exeter to retire but then lost his nerve, and ran for shelter and to bury his dead in the Uruguayan capital, where he was taken in by false reports circulated by British diplomats that an armada awaited him if he put to sea again.
	www.nzherald.co.nz /location/story.cfm?l_id=249&ObjectID=10399877 (688 words)

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