Admiral Graf Spee reaches
Montevideo after her battle with HMS Ajax and Achilles during the Battle
of the River Plate. The Rio Negro, a Uruguayan gun boat accompanies her
into the harbour. The German pocket battleship was later scuttled.
Admiral Graf Spee
enters Montevideo by
Ivan Berryman. Showing visible signs of her tangle with British cruisers at the
Battle of the River Plate, the German pocket battleship Graf Spee slips
into the neutral waters of the Montevideo roadstead accompanied by the
Uruguayan gunboat Rio Negro for light repairs. (Damage can be seen on
the hull and behind the Conning tower ) . This was to be the last haven for the Graf Spee which was
later scuttled at the harbour mouth, her commander Kapitan zur See
Langsdorff believing a large British fleet to be waiting for attempted
escape into the South Atlantic.
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