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Die Geschichte der deutschen
Schlachtschiffe der Graf Spee Klasse. Schlachtschiffe der Kaiserlichen während des ersten
Weltkrieges.
ADMIRAL GRAFF
SPEE, Built at Wilhelmshaven Navy Yard
and launched 30th June 1934 and commissioned 6th January 1936, from the
outset of The second World war, she quickly operated as a commerce raider
sinking a total of 50,089 tons of shipping. After an engagement
against three British Cruisers, HMS Ajax, Exeter and Achilles, she went to
Rio De Janeiro, where after hearing that a larger British naval force was
waiting for her to depart, she was Scuttled in the Rio de la Plata estuary
on the 17th December 1939, This superior British Force never existed, and
has been invented by British Intelligence and had bluffed the Graf Spee
captain. After the loss of the Graf Spee, Hitler ordered that the Cruiser Deutschland
should be renamed Lutzow incase the ship carrying the name of Germany
should be sunk Due
to our poor German, please allow 3 weeks for messages to be placed on
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erlauben Sie uns 3 Woche um Ihre Mitteilung zu übersetzen. Displacement
(Deutschland 11,700 tons) Admirasl Scheer and Admiral Graf Spee
12,100 tons Speed: 26 knots, range 19,000 Miles at 19 Knots. Compliment:
1150 Armament: Six 11-inch Guns, Eight 5.9 - inch
Guns six 4.1 - inch Guns (AA) Eight 37mm Guns AA (4 x 2)
and a addition of twenty Eight 20mm AA (14 x 2) guns Eight
21inchh Torpedo Tubes (2 x 4) and two aircraft
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Admiral Graf Spee, December 1939.
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Admiral Graf Spee, scutled, December 1939.
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Admiral Graf Spee, 1936.
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Admiral Graf Spee, May 1937.
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Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee pictured
c.1930s.
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Admiral Graf Spee
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The burning Graf Spee after
she was scuttled
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Admiral Graf Spee all decked out
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The Graf Spee after she had been scuttled
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The Graf Spee after being scuttled |
View of the side of the Graf Spee showing damage from
shell fire from HMS Achilles and HMS Ajax during the Battle of the River
Plate |
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The Graf Spee after being scuttled |
The Graf Spee after being scuttled |
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The Graf Spee after being scuttled |
View of the side of the Graf Spee showing damage from
shell fire from HMS Achilles and HMS Ajax during the Battle of the River
Plate |
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Admiral Graf Spee
enters Montevideo by
Ivan Berryman
Showing visible signs of her tangle with British cruisers at the
Battle of the River Plate, the German pocket battleship Graf Spee slips
into the neutral waters of the Montevideo roadstead accompanied by the
Uruguayan gunboat Rio Negro for light repairs. (Damage can be seen on
the hull and behind the Conning tower ) . This was to be the last haven for the Graf Spee which was
later scuttled at the harbour mouth, her commander Kapitan zur See
Langsdorff believing a large British fleet to be waiting for attempted
escape into the South Atlantic.
Signed Limited Edition of 1,150 prints plus 50 artists proofs. From
the limited edition 50 are available as Giclee canvas prints 20 at a larger
size of 36" x 24". Price £550 ($ 1160) To know more about
Giclee prints and our range click
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Print serial number DHM1236. Image size 25" x 15". Print price
£ 80.
Artist proof price £115 ($200)
Original painting for sale oil on canvas 36 x 24" . Price
£2,600 ( $4,800 ) export. sold
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Admiral Graf Spee by
Ivan Berryman
Showing visible signs of her tangle with British cruisers at the
Battle of the River Plate, the German pocket battleship Graf Spee slips
into the neutral waters of the Montevideo roadstead for light
repairs. This was to be the last haven for the Graf Spee which was
later scuttled at the harbour mouth, her commander Kapitan zur See
Langsdorff believing a large British fleet to be waiting for attempted
escape into the South Atlantic.
Black and white acrylic painting reproduced as a black and
white signed limited edition of 1,150 art prints plus 50 artists proof.
Print order number B113. Image size 12" x 7". price £24
($45).
Artist proof price £34 ($60)
Original acrylic
painting for sale £290 sold
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The Battle of the River Plate by Randall Wilson
Under attack from HMS Ajax, HMS Exeter and HMS Archilles. The German Pocket
battleship Graf Spee os shown at speed returning salvos, December 1939.
Signed Limited Edition of 1,150 prints plus 50 artists proofs. From the
limited edition 50 are available as Giclee canvas prints at a larger size of
30" x 20". Canvas print price £420. To know more about Giclee prints
and our range click
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Print serial
number DHM712. Print image size 24" x14". Print Price £80 ($145).
Artist Proof Price £115 ($200).
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The Graf Spee by Simon Atack
With war but a few months old, the German pocket-battleship Graf
Spee was roaming the South Atlantic trade routes sinking British
merchant shipping with impunity. Within a few weeks, under the wily
captain Hans Langsdorf, the battleship had sunk or captured merchantmen
totalling over 50,000 tons, without loss of life to either side.
Commodore Henry Harwood hunted Graf Spee down, his three Royal Navy
cruisers engaging the battleship on 13th of December 1939, in what
became the Battle of the River Plate. During the two hour engagement, in
which two British cruisers were badly damaged, Graf Spee had also been
hit, and put into the neutral port of Montevideo for repairs. Believing
Harwoods force to be larger than it was, trapped in port, Langsdorf
scuttled the great warship in the harbour. It was the Royal Navy's first
major coup of the war.
The painting shows Graf Spee making her way through a choppy
cross-current as she leaves the German port of Wilhelmshaven for final
trials just a few weeks before the outbreak of war in September 1939.
Signed limited edition of 500 prints plus 25 artists proofs.
Serial number DHM2184. Image size 16" x 25¼". Print price £80
($145).
Artists proof price £100 ($190).
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