P00172.002 Accession Number: P00172.002

P03626.013

Photograph P03626.013 Second World War, 1939-1945

An unidentified, possibly British, mechant vessel falls victim to the German vessel Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee, used harassed Allied Merchant shipping. The Admiral Graf Spee sunk 10 British ships

P00490.013

Photograph P00490.013 Second World War, 1939-1945

MONTEVIDEO, 1939-12-17. THE GRAF SPEE, A GERMAN SHIP USED TO HARASS ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPPING, SCUTTLED BY HER OWN CREW WHEN CORNERED BY THE BRITISH NEAR MONTEVIDEO.

P00490.021

Photograph P00490.021 Second World War, 1939-1945

MONTIVIDEO, 1939-12-17, THE GRAF SPEE, A GERMAN SHIP USED TO HARASS ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPPING, SCUTTLED BY HER OWN CREW WHEN CORNERED BY THE BRITISH NEAR MONTIVIDEO.

P03626.011

Photograph P03626.011 Second World War, 1939-1945

Smoke pours from the scuttled German armoured ship (pocket battleship) Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee. Her forward 11 inch gun turret is engulfed in smoke. Abaft is her tower superstructure surmounte

P00490.023

Photograph P00490.023 Second World War, 1939-1945

MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY, 1939, THE COMMANDER OF THE ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE, CAPTAIN HANS LANGSDORFF, CENTRE, WHO SCUTTLED HIS SHIP AND COMMITTED SUICIDE WHEN CORNERED BY THE BRITISH NEAR MONTEVIDEO, IN THE ACT

P00490.020

Photograph P00490.020 Second World War, 1939-1945

MONTIVIDEO, URUGUAY, 1939-12-17. THE GRAF SPEE, A GERMAN SHIP USED TO HARASS ALLIED MERCHANT SHIPPING, SCUTTLED BY HER CAPTAIN WHEN CORNERED BY THE BRITISH NEAR MONTIVIDEO. THE ACTION IS NOW KNOWN AS