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Graf Spee may refer to:

  • Graf Maximilian von Spee, German admiral in World War I

or to several German ships that were named after the admiral:

  • SMS Graf Spee, incomplete Mackensen-class battlecruiser of World War I, scrapped in 1923
  • The German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, launched in 1934, that saw action in World War II
  • HMS Flamingo, later renamed Graf Spee, a former Royal Navy Black Swan-class sloop used as a Bundesmarine training ship

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German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee

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Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class "Panzerschiff" (armored ship), nicknamed a "pocket battleship" by the British, which served with the Kriegsmarine...

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Graf Spee

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Graf Spee may refer to: Graf Maximilian von Spee, German admiral in World War I or to several German ships that were named after the admiral: SMS Graf...

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Maximilian von Spee

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cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, which was built in the 1930s and was scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate during World War II. Spee was born in Copenhagen...

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Admiral Graf Spee

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Admiral Graf Spee may refer to: Graf Maximilian von Spee (1861–1914), German admiral German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, a 1934 German Navy cruiser (or...

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Mozambique Channel

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Battleship Admiral Graf Spee, under the command of Captain Hans Langsdorff, and which was embarked upon a commerce raiding sortie. Graf Spee ordered the Africa...

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Battle of the River Plate

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battle of the Second World War. The Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, commanded by Captain Hans Langsdorff, engaged a Royal Navy squadron,...

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Uruguay during World War II

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and the German "pocket battleship" Admiral Graf Spee. All four vessels suffered damage and the Graf Spee took refuge in Montevideo harbour. Negotiations...

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Hans Langsdorff

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most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee before and during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay...

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Spee

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Nzante Spee (1953–2005), Cameroonian painter It may also refer to: German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, scuttled outside the port of Montevideo in 1939 Spee Club...

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Scuttling

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Battle of the River Plate the damaged German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee sought refuge in the port of Montevideo. On 17 December 1939, with the...

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Memorials in Canada to Nazis and Nazi collaborators

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needed] tried to honour Langsdorff and his ship the Admiral Graf Spee by naming a street Graf Spee Crescent. This was also changed after the public became...

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Battle of the Atlantic

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available U-boats and the "pocket battleships" Deutschland and Admiral Graf Spee which had sortied into the Atlantic in August. These ships immediately...

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Kriegsmarine

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of the war, the most famous of these being the heavy cruisers Admiral Graf Spee and Admiral Scheer and the battleship Bismarck. However, the adoption...

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Plan Z

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therefore, Deutschland and two further units—Admiral Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee—were built. In 1932, the Reichsmarine secured the passage of the Schiffbauersatzplan...

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MS Africa Shell

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battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Mozambique Channel, off the coast of Portuguese East Africa, becoming the sixth victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding...

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Montevideo

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World War II, a famous incident involving the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee took place in Punta del Este, 200 kilometers (120 mi) from Montevideo...

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Phoney War

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Admiral Graf Spee was attacked by the Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles in the Battle of the River Plate. Admiral Graf Spee fled to Montevideo...

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SS Doric Star

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battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of South West Africa, becoming the seventh victim of the commerce raiding sortie of Graf Spee. Designed and built...

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Military simulation

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Graf Spee and three British cruisers in the Battle of the River Plate off Montevideo in 1939. Rated on thickness of armour and gun power, Graf Spee should...

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SS Clement

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the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the east coast of Brazil becoming the first victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding sortie A significant...

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