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...German Embassy made a formal announcement: "The commander of the glorious battleship Admiral Graf Spee sacrificed his own life last night for the Fatherland, eliminating himself voluntarily. . . . From the first moment he made up his mind to share the fate of his magnificent ship. . . ." In Berlin, the German Admiralty explained: ". . . After bringing his crew to safety, he viewed his work as finished and followed his ship. The Admiralty understands and honors this step. Captain Langsdorff as a fighter fulfilled the expectations put upon him by his Führer, the German people and his Navy...
...moved in 31 ships from Quebec, plus one from Newfoundland, one from Bermuda. Unknown to the Germans, the British Navy was then embarrassed by the absence of two battle cruisers in the South Atlantic, chasing Admiral Count Spee's squadron. Also unavailable were the battleship King George V, which was in dock for repairs, and the battleships Conqueror and Monarch, which had collided. Assigned to escort the 1914 Canadians were (besides cruisers and destroyers) the antique battleships Glory and Majestic. For the sake of Canadian good will, Admiral Jellicoe grudgingly added the battle cruiser Princess Royal, but only...
...great battle off Port Stanley, 25 years ago this month, Admiral Graf von Spee, namesake of the pocket battleship, lost his ship, his battle, his life...
Late one afternoon a squadron of British bombers left their North Sea bases and flew toward the German coast. Near Helgo land Bight they sighted, through a thin mist, a German battleship, a cruiser, sev eral destroyers, a submarine. The sub marine opened fire, then submerged. A few minutes later a squadron of Messerschmitt pursuit ships came up. For an exciting half-hour the British were under fire by turns from above and below...
...others, all indicted by Germany: loss of the battleship Royal Oak (786 men), the aircraft carrier Courageous (579 men), the armed merchantman Rawalpindi...