In the early hours of December 13, 1939, the South Atlantic bore witness to one of World War II’s most dramatic naval ...

Gustav Friedrich Adolph Quick, 89, the last surviving crew member of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee that was scuttled in the River Plate at the beginning of World War II, has passed away ...

Finally after weeks of frustrated attempts a team of divers with the help of a floating crane from the port of Montevideo, Uruguay, managed this Wednesday evening to recover the range finder of ...

Her father, Captain Hans Langsdorff, was the commander of the German battleship Graf Spee during World War II.He is buried in Argentina’s National Cemetery in Buenos Aires, the city where he ...

Friedrich Adolph, 89, the last surviving sailor in Uruguay from the famous German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, which was sunk off the South American nation's coast early in World War II ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...