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to a period of 72 hours for repairs in
Montevideo, before she would be interned for the duration of the war. On 17 December 1939, Langsdorff ordered the destruction of all important equipment aboard the ship. The ship's remaining ammunition supply was dispersed throughout the ship, in preparation for
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Langsdorff was unwilling to risk the lives of his crew, so he decided to scuttle the ship. He knew that although
Uruguay was neutral, the government was on friendly terms with Britain and if he allowed his ship to be interned, the Uruguayan Navy would allow British intelligence officers access to the
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A court case involving the private salvage company that had been involved in the effort to raise the wreck ended in 2019 with a court order for the government to sell the ornament and give some of the proceeds to the salvage company. The decision was later overruled and the government received full
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As a result of battle damage and casualties, Langsdorff decided to put into
Montevideo, where repairs could be effected and the wounded men could be evacuated from the ship. Most of the hits scored by the British cruisers had caused only minor structural and superficial damage, but the oil
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prisoner but left the rest of her crew to abandon ship in the lifeboats. The cruiser then fired 30 rounds from her 28 cm and 15 cm guns and two torpedoes at the cargo ship, which broke up and sank. Langsdorff ordered a distress signal sent to the naval station in
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of the ship; it was stored in a
Uruguayan naval warehouse following German complaints about exhibiting "Nazi paraphernalia". An attempt to sell the ornament prompted the Uruguayan government to prohibit any sale to prevent neo-Nazis from acquiring it. Instead, the
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was 100 mm (3.9 in) thick; her upper deck was 17 mm (0.67 in) thick while the main armored deck was 45 to 70 mm (1.8 to 2.8 in) thick. The main battery turrets had 140 mm (5.5 in) thick faces and 80 mm thick sides.
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14,000, a front for the
British. The British had been surprised by the accuracy of the gunnery and expected to find a radar range finder, which they did. They used the knowledge thus acquired to try to develop countermeasures, under the leadership of
1649:—were some 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) away, much too far to intervene in the situation. Believing the British reports, Langsdorff discussed his options with commanders in Berlin. These were either to break out and seek refuge in
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approaching the two German ships. Langsdorff ordered both vessels to depart at high speed, successfully evading the
British cruiser. On 26 September, the ship finally received orders authorizing attacks on Allied merchant shipping. Four days later
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in 1942–1943, though parts of the ship were visible for some time after; the wreck lies at a depth of only 11 m (36 ft). The salvage rights were purchased from the German
Government by a Montevideo engineering company for
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dropped the plan claiming that "there is an overwhelming majority that does not share this decision" and that "if one wants to generate peace, the first thing one has to do is to generate union. Clearly this has not generated it."
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and the ship was scuttled at 20:55. The explosions from the munitions sent jets of flame high into the air and created a large cloud of smoke that obscured the ship which burned in the shallow water for the next two days.
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was deployed to the South
Atlantic in the weeks before the outbreak of World War II, to be positioned in merchant sea lanes once war was declared. Between September and December 1939, the warship sank nine vessels totaling
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plant and galley were also destroyed, which would have increased the difficulty of a return to
Germany. A hit in the bow would also have negatively affected her seaworthiness in the heavy seas of the North Atlantic.
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was able to send out a distress signal before she was sunk, which prompted
Harwood to take his three cruisers to the mouth of the River Plate, which he suspected might be Langsdorff's next target. On 3 December,
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At 05:30 on the morning of 13 December 1939, lookouts spotted a pair of masts off the ship's starboard bow. Langsdorff assumed this to be the escort for a convoy mentioned in the documents recovered from
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On 20 December, in his room in a Buenos Aires hotel, Langsdorff shot himself in full dress uniform while lying on the ship's battle ensign. In late January 1940, the neutral American cruiser
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against Allied merchant traffic. Hitler nevertheless delayed issuing the order until it became clear that Britain would not countenance a peace treaty following the conquest of Poland. The
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returned to Spain for a fourth non-intervention patrol. Following fleet maneuvers and a brief visit to Sweden, the ship conducted a fifth and final patrol in February 1938. In 1938,
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had been hit approximately 70 times; 36 men were killed and 60 more were wounded, including Langsdorff, who had been wounded twice by splinters while standing on the open bridge.
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took command of the vessel; she conducted a series of goodwill visits to various foreign ports throughout the year. These included cruises into the Atlantic, where she stopped in
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retreating into the River Plate estuary, while Harwood's battered cruisers remained outside to observe any possible breakout attempts. In the course of the engagement,
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immediately issued a warning to merchant shipping that a German surface raider was in the area. The British crew later reached the Brazilian coast in their lifeboats.
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After arriving in port, the wounded crewmen were taken to local hospitals and the dead were buried with full military honors. Captive Allied seamen, consisting of 6
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and erected a dummy second funnel behind the aircraft catapult to alter her silhouette significantly in a bid to confuse allied shipping as to her true identity.
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to withdraw from the action; by now, only one of her gun turrets was still in action, and she had suffered 61 dead and 23 wounded crew members. At around 07:00,
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in October 1932 and completed by January 1936. The ship was nominally under the 10,000 long tons (10,160 t) limitation on warship size imposed by the
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displacement of 16,020 long tons (16,280 t), though the ship was officially stated to be within the 10,000-long-ton (10,160 t) limit of the
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from the naval warehouse. Sielecki said he wanted to explode the crest into “a thousand pieces" in order to keep it out of the hands of neo-Nazis.
1046:; this included several of the ship's boats, flammable paint, and two of her ten 2 cm anti-aircraft guns, which were installed on the tanker.
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had cruised for almost 30,000 nautical miles (56,000 km; 35,000 mi) and needed an engine overhaul. On 15 November, the ship sank the
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off the coast of Brazil. The cargo ship transmitted an "RRR" signal ("I am under attack by a raider") before the cruiser ordered her to stop.
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Langsdorff thought the two light cruisers were making a torpedo attack, and turned away under a smokescreen. The respite allowed
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of 16,020 long tons (16,280 t), she significantly exceeded it. Armed with six 28 cm (11 in) guns in two triple
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three times, disabling her two forward turrets, destroying her bridge and her aircraft catapult, and starting major fires.
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C/30 guns were installed in their place. The ship also carried a pair of quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) deck-mounted
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to be scuttled. A crowd of 20,000 watched as the scuttling charges were set; the crew was taken off by an Argentine
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of her aerial reconnaissance. The ship's disguise was removed, so it would not hinder the ship in battle.
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at the British radar project. The Admiralty complained about the large sum paid for the salvage rights.
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scuttling. On 17 December, the ship, with only Langsdorff and 40 other men aboard, moved into the outer
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inflicted heavy damage on the British ships, but she too was damaged and was forced to put into port at
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purification plant, which was required to prepare the diesel fuel for the engines, was destroyed. Her
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reported that the eagle and crest would be melted down and recast into a dove by Uruguayan artist
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but had no aircraft hangar. One floatplane was carried on the catapult. The initial
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s 28 cm guns. The German ship opened fire with her main battery at
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to withdraw again, this time with a list to port. At 07:25,
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2776:. Cambridge University Press.
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782:(center) lie in the background
328:8 Ă— 53.3 cm (21 in)
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2959:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
2774:Fred Hoyle, a Life in Science
2715:Jackson, Robert, ed. (2001).
2608:
2596:The Battle of the River Plate
1257:was too slow to keep up with
1158:French aircraft carrier
885:; he was replaced in 1937 by
585:was 186 meters (610 ft)
428:. The vessel was named after
3491:Ships built in Wilhelmshaven
3010:. London: Cassell & Co.
2521:(in Spanish). 2 January 2022
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1313:on the night of 17 October.
623:was powered by four sets of
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3486:Scuttled vessels of Germany
2935:Battleships of World War II
2588:
1618:shortly after her scuttling
1554:to relieve the pressure on
1520:returned fire, followed by
1224:to patrol the area off the
892:. After joining the fleet,
353:: 100 mm (3.9 in)
347:: 140 mm (5.5 in)
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2698:German Warships: 1815–1945
1466:
823:pre-dreadnought battleship
718:10.5 cm (4.1 in)
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440:who fought the battles of
140:Scuttled, 17 December 1939
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2795:. Ithaca: McBooks Press.
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1450:Battle of the River Plate
1412:. On 6 December, she met
1309:and Langsdorff then sank
722:3.7 cm (1.5 in)
714:8.8 cm (3.5 in)
710:8.8 cm (3.5 in)
570:Recognition drawing of a
562:Deutschland-class cruiser
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522:Battle of the River Plate
204:21.65 m (71 ft)
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3040:. Nga Taonga (NZ). 2023.
2602:Pursuit of the Graf Spee
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1659:Hague Convention of 1907
904:non-intervention patrols
726:2 cm (0.79 in)
702:15 cm (5.9 in)
495:non-intervention patrols
493:The ship conducted five
323:15 cm (5.9 in)
3006:Whitley, M. J. (2000).
2933:Whitley, M. J. (1998).
2632:Bonner, Kermit (1996).
1769:was recovered from the
850:into the German fleet.
686:28 cm (11 in)
667:FMG G(gO) "Seetakt" set
316:28 cm (11 in)
145:General characteristics
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3123:Deutschland / LĂĽtzow
1516:at 06:17. At 06:20,
1303:were transferred to
615:Treaty of Versailles
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1918:Koop & Schmolke
1715:optical rangefinder
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844:Maximilian von Spee
812:Ersatz Braunschweig
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518:gross register tons
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434:Maximilian von Spee
380:Aviation facilities
89:Maximilian von Spee
2953:Williamson, Gordon
2920:. 15 December 2014
2839:The New York Times
2680:. 10 February 2006
2660:. 26 February 2004
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3017:978-0-304-35707-9
2993:(2): S1418–S153.
2966:978-1-84176-501-3
2944:978-1-55750-184-4
2905:978-0-7110-1596-8
2898:. Ian Allan ltd.
2886:978-0-7183-0679-3
2867:978-0-85177-146-5
2824:978-1-59114-119-8
2802:978-1-59013-096-4
2764:978-1-4738-2234-4
2745:978-1-84832-196-0
2726:978-0-7603-1026-7
2707:978-0-87021-790-6
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2617:Warship Profile 4
2547:. 12 January 2022
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2066:, pp. 76–77.
1920:, pp. 33–34.
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280:586 enlisted
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166:Displacement
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129:Commissioned
124:30 June 1934
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3066: /
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2684:10 February
2664:10 February
1841:rangefinder
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1089:cargo ship
1028:prize rules
1002:Deutschland
928:on 20 May.
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497:during the
474:gun turrets
430:World War I
402:Deutschland
277:33 officers
155:Deutschland
3456:1934 ships
3450:Categories
3227:Shipwrecks
2609:References
2571:Yahoo News
2551:12 January
2525:12 January
2441:Williamson
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1438:Montevideo
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1396:Doric Star
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1222:Cumberland
1200:Cumberland
1184:Strasbourg
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1072:Cumberland
1066:floatplane
908:Republican
860:sea trials
779:Resolution
589:and had a
532:Montevideo
374:floatplane
272:Complement
237:Propulsion
179:) (design)
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2983:Graf Spee
1855:Citations
1812:Footnotes
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1682:USS
1670:roadstead
1643:Ark Royal
1605:Scuttling
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1187:, and 16
1178:Dunkerque
1153:Ark Royal
1139:HMS
1070:HMS
836:laid down
797:from the
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769:in 1937;
706:amidships
700:of eight
611:full load
607:long tons
450:laid down
357:Main deck
184:full load
177:long tons
113:Laid down
3385:26 Dec:
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3364:14 Dec:
3353:12 Dec:
3335:Box Hill
3332:31 Dec:
3325:Columbus
3322:19 Dec:
3312:17 Dec:
3305:Germaine
3302:15 Dec:
3286:13 Dec:
3275:12 Dec:
3268:Stanwood
3265:10 Dec:
3248:Ussukuma
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2985:Wreck".
2955:(2003).
2918:BBC News
2813:(2005).
2696:(1990).
2678:BBC News
2658:BBC News
2625:20229321
2589:See also
2506:Schuetze
1761:swastika
1639:captains
1546:Achilles
1536:had hit
1527:Achilles
1407:SS
1350:MV
1311:Huntsman
1301:Huntsman
1297:Huntsman
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1265:Huntsman
1217:Achilles
1189:cruisers
1064:s Arado
922:Spithead
906:off the
840:launched
767:Spithead
684:was six
645:catapult
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605:(14,650
544:scuttled
444:and the
432:Admiral
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309:Armament
175:(14,650
121:Launched
85:Namesake
3389:Triumph
3279:Duchess
3255:7 Dec:
3245:6 Dec:
3235:4 Dec:
3158:D class
3054:56°17′W
3051:34°58′S
2845:18 June
2577:18 June
2343:Jackson
2307:Jackson
2142:Jackson
2052:Whitley
1753:Uruguay
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1415:Altmark
1364:Altmark
1306:Altmark
1292:Altmark
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1103:Clement
1092:Clement
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549:in situ
536:Uruguay
484:cruiser
452:at the
442:Coronel
424:during
345:turrets
263:16,300
160:cruiser
95:Builder
52:History
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3368:Kelly
3289:Algol
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248:Speed
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