In the early hours of December 13, 1939, the South Atlantic bore witness to one of World War II’s most dramatic naval encounters - the Battle of the River Plate. For three months, the German pocket ...

A brush, a light bulb and a lens that have been resting on the seabed for 65 years are some of the objects found in the rangefinder structure of the German battleship “Graf Spee” that will be ...

They considered themselves lucky, Jahn recalls. He and his fellow crewmen were assigned to the Graf Spee, a 3-year-old pocket battleship considered the best vessel in the German fleet.

When war broke in September 1939, the Graf Spee was dispatched south in search of easy prey in the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean, a vast area made for the long-legged pocket battleship. The Graf ...

The German navy pocket battleship Graf von Spee took refuge in the port of Montevideo in December 1939 chased by three Royal Navy vessels.

Montevideo, Uraguay – Experts working to recover parts of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, sunk 66 years ago in Montevideo Bay, successfully retrieved from the bottom of the River ...

MONTEVIDEO -- I watched from the vantage point of an airplane while explosions wrecked the doomed German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and she sank in the estuary of the river Plate.

Dark Seas. The Most Secret Warship Hitler Never Wanted Found. Posted: April 14, 2025 | Last updated: April 14, 2025. Off the coast of Uruguay, the elusive German pocket-battleship Graf Spee - a ...

The future of a bronze eagle which once adorned the Nazi-era battleship Admiral Graf Spee remains uncertain after plans to melt it down were scrapped. Treasure hunters raised the eagle in 2006 off ...

The future of a bronze eagle which once adorned the Nazi-era battleship Admiral Graf Spee remains uncertain after plans to melt it down were scrapped. Treasure hunters raised the eagle in 2006 off ...