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Background imageSpee Collection: Hms Invincible

Hms Invincible
British battle cruiser which distinguished herself in World War One in the battle against Von Spees squadron off the Falklands. Date: 1915

Background imageSpee Collection: Card commemorating Graf Spee destruction, WW2

Card commemorating Graf Spee destruction, WW2
Card commemorating the destruction of the German cruiser, Admiral Graf Spee, on 13 December 1939 by HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles following the Battle of the River Plate. Date: 1939

Background imageSpee Collection: Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Admiral Graf Spee

Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Admiral Graf Spee
Dressed in white, Captain Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (1894 - 1939), German captain of the Admiral Graf Spee pocket-battleship photographed in Montevideo, Uruguay

Background imageSpee Collection: HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier

HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier
Royal Navy - HMS Glorious, aircraft carrier, at anchor, steaming up. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War

Background imageSpee Collection: Maximilian Graf von Spee, German admiral, WW1

Maximilian Graf von Spee, German admiral, WW1
MAXIMILIAN JOHANNES MARIA HUBERT VON SPEE (GRAF) German admiral - he sank with his flagship Scharnhorst during the First World War. Date: 1861 - 1914

Background imageSpee Collection: HMS Glorious 77

HMS Glorious 77
Royal Navy - HMS Glorius, aircraft carrier, at anchor in Grand Harbour Valetta.. HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First

Background imageSpee Collection: Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914

Admiral Graf Von Spee 1914
Admiral Graf Von Spee (1861 1914), naval officer of the German Kaiserliche Marine, Died on the 8 December 1914, on SMS Scharnhorst, South Atlantic, off the Falkland Islands. Date: 1914

Background imageSpee Collection: Otto Schenk, German naval officer, WW1

Otto Schenk, German naval officer, WW1
Otto Schenk (1891-1972), German naval officer under Admiral von Spee. Served in the First and Second World Wars. Seen here as a young man. Date: circa 1914-1918

Background imageSpee Collection: Admiral Graf Spee, German battleship

Admiral Graf Spee, German battleship (Deutschland-class heavy cruiser). Date: 1930s

Background imageSpee Collection: Battle of the Falkland Islands by G. H. Davis

Battle of the Falkland Islands by G. H. Davis
The Battle of the Falkland Islands -- how Admiral von Spees squadron was sunk, the German cruiser Dresden alone escaping. Showing the action between the German cruiser Leipzig

Background imageSpee Collection: Admiral Von Spee

Admiral Von Spee
Admiral Maximilian von Spee (1861-1914) - A German Admiral who, during the First World War was given freedom to make his own decisions about how to handle his battles

Background imageSpee Collection: Card commemorating Falkland Islands naval battle, WW1

Card commemorating Falkland Islands naval battle, WW1
Card commemorating Falkland Islands naval battle on 8 December 1914, when the British navy sank four German warships (Scharnhorst, Leipzig, Nurnberg and Gneisenau)

Background imageSpee Collection: Defeat of the Graf Spee by G. H. Davis

Defeat of the Graf Spee by G. H. Davis
The fight with the Admiral Graf Spee: factors in a classic example of naval battle tactics pictorially explained. Elements that played a part in the defeat of the ship by three British cruisers

Background imageSpee Collection: Sailors of the Admiral Graf Spee, WW2

Sailors of the Admiral Graf Spee, WW2
Sailors of the Admiral Graf Spee, looking happy and relaxed. Their ship was sunk in December 1939. Date: circa 1940

Background imageSpee Collection: Admiral Von Spee in Valparaiso

Admiral Von Spee in Valparaiso
Admiral Maximilian von Spee (1861 1914) - A German Admiral who, during the First World War was given freedom to make his own decisions about how to handle his battles

Background imageSpee Collection: Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee

Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee
Vice Admiral Maximilian Reichsgraf von Spee (1861-1914), German admiral during the early part of the First World War. He also served during the Boxer Rebellion. Date: circa 1914


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