Graf Spee burns

<em>Graf Spee</em> burns

The German 'pocket battleship' Admiral Graf Spee burns fiercely after being scuttled by its captain and crew in the shallow waters of the River Plate estuary, about 5 miles (8 km) outside Montevideo.

Credit

Image from Achilles at the River Plate, by S.D. Waters
War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington 1948
Further information about this image may be obtained from the New Zealand Electronic Text Collection website.

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Graf Spee burns, URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/graf-spee-burns, (Manatū Taonga — Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 10-Jan-2022

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