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Graf Spee
Thank your for your web site most informative. You ask for questions and my question is the pocket battle ship Graf Spree has some reference to a TANKER poss the tanker which was her supplier her name is my question i do thank you again for your site. Yes the answer is just what was required i was mislead using the term tanker and not supply vessel Hello Max, Thank you for your E-Mail. Graf Spee had but a short wartime life. She sailed from Wilhelmshaven on the 21st of August in 1939 for the South Atlantic, with war declared, she sank 5 ships there, moved into the Indian Ocean to sink the tanker Africa Shell in November 1939, then back to the South Atlantic and sank 3 more ships. On the 6th. of December 1939, she met her supply ship Altmark for the last time, then came the Battle off Montevideo against the British cruisers Exeter, Ajax, and the New Zealand cruiser Achilles. Graf Spee had 36 killed and another 60 wounded in that scrap. She was then scuttled off Montevideo on the 17th. of December 1939. I hope this is the information you are seeking. All the best, |
