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