Description
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 surmounted the gun director with wide rangefinder. Graf Spee was scuttled subsequent to the Battle of the River Plate.
Details
Accession Number
P03626.011
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: b&w
Date Made
17 December 1939
Credit Line
Donor E Pearson
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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