THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATEAn account of events before, during and after the action up to the self-destruction of the Admiral Graf Spee
Language: English
Published by Naval & Military Press, 2026
- Softcover
- New
Seller: Naval and Military Press Ltd, Uckfield, United KingdomNaval and Military Press Ltd
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- Title
- THE BATTLE OF THE RIVER PLATEAn account of events before, during and after the action up to the self-destruction of the Admiral Graf Spee
- Author
- Compiled in the Admiralty from despatches forwarded by Rear-Admiral Harwood and the Captains of H.M. ships Ajax, Achilles and Exeter
- Publisher
- Naval & Military Press
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 147454259X
- ISBN 13
- 9781474542593
- Seller catalogs
- History, Military History
On 13 December 1939, the South Atlantic witnessed the Royal Navy's first major clash of World War II at the Battle of the River Plate. The German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, commanded by Captain Hans Langsdorff, engaged a British squadron under Commodore Henry Harwood-HMS Exeter, Ajax, and HMNZS Achilles. Having begun commerce raiding in September, Graf Spee was intercepted off the Río de la Plata.
Exeter was heavily damaged and forced to withdraw; Ajax and Achilles shadowed the crippled German ship until she entered neutral Montevideo. Believing overwhelming British forces lay in wait, Langsdorff scuttled Graf Spee on 17 December and subsequently took his own life.
This engagement highlighted the deadly stakes of naval warfare, where hundreds of Royal Navy ships were lost or damaged to enemy action, from U-boats to aircraft and mines, across the globe.
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Your books can be despatched through our mail order service to any destination in the
United Kingdom or Overseas. Books sent overseas are usually
despatched by surface mail, but on request we can despatch by air-mail.
Great care is taken with the packing of mail orders. usually using heavy-duty cardboard
MailPaks so that they arrive in the same condition they left our premises. We try to
despatch all orders within one day; please allow 7 days for delivery to Mainland UK,
Europe and overseas airmail. (45 -90 days Europe and North America surface mail. Rest
of the World allow 60 -120 days). Multiple orders may arrive in more than one package.
All shipping times are from despatch date www.naval-military-press.com
Shipping terms
Your books can be despatched through our mail order service to any destination in the
United Kingdom or Overseas. Books sent overseas are usually
despatched by surface mail, but on request we can despatch by air-mail.
Great care is taken with the packing of mail orders. usually using heavy-duty cardboard
MailPaks so that they arrive in the same condition they left our premises. We try to
despatch all orders within one day; please allow 7 days for delivery to Mainland UK,
Europe and overseas airmail. (45 -90 days Europe and North America surface mail. Rest
of the World allow 60 -120 days). Multiple orders may arrive in more than one package.
All shipping times are from despatch date www.naval-military-press.com