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Battle of the River Plate
Cranston Military Prints By Subject Naval Art World War Two River Plate |
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Battle of the River Plate. World War Two naval art prints of the Battle of the River Plate. |
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The Battle of the River Plate by Randall Wilson. Under attack from HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter and HMS Achilles, the German Pocket battleship Graf Spee is shown at speed returning salvos, December 1939. |
Admiral Graf Spee 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 for light repairs. 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. |
The Pursuit of the Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman. Viewed from beneath the blistered guns of the damaged X and Y turrets of her sister HMS Ajax, Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th December 1939. Shells from Achilles are closing on her opponent as the Graf Spee alters course at the start of the doomed battleships flight to Montevideo. |
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