Graf Spee

[cozzieuk]

Does anyone know the name of the German battleship when it was scuttled after the Battle of the Rive Plate?
Thank you.

[jackthehat]

She was a Cruiser and not a battleship.......and her full title was The Admiral Graf Spee.

[DTCwordfan]

The Ex Admiral Graf Spee I would have thought or just plain "Sunk"

[daftgrandad]

It was the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee.

[cozzieuk]

I'm sure she was a cruiser, and described as a pocket battleship (something to do with the Treaty of Versailles) and according to Wikipedia the Captain was Hans Langsdorff, but a german frien of mine says that is not so. I just wondered if anyone could settle the argument.
Thanks for your replies

[dundurn]

She was a cruiser but with heavier armament than cruisers in other navies. She sacrificed a little in speed to carry the larger guns. The term 'pocket' implies something which looks like its exemplar but of a smaller size/ value - e.g. pocket Venus, pocket Napoleon.

Her captain was Hans Langsdorff.

[Buenchico]

While I'm a great fan of Wikipedia, I'd still regard the BBC as a more reliable source of information!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...nflash/a1152262.shtml

[cozzieuk]

Buenchico that was very helpful. Thanks for the tip, I found the article and it looks fairly conclusive.
Cheers

[jno]

yes, that's how I had always heard it: a 'pocket battleship' - either a big cruiser or a small battleship depending how you look at it - captained by Hans Langsdorff. The full name was Admiral Graf Spee - Graf (Count) Maximilian von Spee had been a German admiral in the first world war.

I don't know what bit of this your friend disagrees with.