The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
View of the Leander Class Light Cruiser, HMS Ajax, that was commissioned on 12 April 1935. On 27 October 1939, she became the flagship of Commodore Harry HArwood's South America Division and took part in the Battle of the River Plate against the German pocket ship Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee. HMS Ajax was seriously damaged and suffered seven dead and wounded. After repairs, she was deployed to the eastern Mediterranean and took part in the D Day landings at Normandy on 6 June 1944. After the war, she was stationed in the Mediterranean, was decommissioned in February 1948 and broken up in 1949 at Cashmore.
View of British York Class Heavy Cruiser, HMS Exeter. HMS Exeter was commissioned on 23 July 1931. She was badly damaged in the Battle of the River Plate against the German pocket ship Panzerschiffe A
View of the German armoured ship (pocket battleship) Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee. The Admiral Graf Spee was commissioned in 1936 and in September 1939 was released for operations against Allied me
View of the German vessel Panzerschiffe Admiral Graf Spee showing shell damage after an attack. The Admiral Graf Spee was used to harass Allied merchant shipping. It was scuttled by her captain Hans L
View of Leander class Light Cruiser, HMNZS Achilles who served with the British Home Fleet as HMS Achilles until she was transferred to the New Zealand Division on 24 March 1936. She took part in the
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
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
