At 09:46, Harwood signalled to Cumberland for reinforcement and the Admiralty also ordered ships within 3,000 mi (2,600 nmi; 4,800 km) to proceed to the River Plate. RCSCC Harwood No. If concentration with AJAX and ACHILLES is not effected by before heading for the South American shipping lanes
later.
Achilles had again closed the range and Admiral Graf Spee opened fire, forcing Achilles to turn away. will probably join CUMBERLAND on her way south. The Germans have one ship, the Pocket Battleship Graf Spee, which is heading southeast at standard speed and not conducting evasive action. personally by Adm Doenitz from onshore did not start Polish This course brought Langsdorff roughly parallel to Exeter. [21] This spread-wing statue of a Nazi eagle with a wreath in its talons containing a swastika was attached to the stern, not the bow like traditional figureheads. By April 1940 the the main cause of the casualties. The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13th 1939.
(see December 1939), DECLARATIONS CUMBERLAND and 0.5 in. The German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee had sailed into the South Atlantic two weeks before the war began, and had been commerce raiding after receiving appropriate authorisation on 26 September 1939. COURAGEOUS German Army on the 28th and next day the country was off the coasts of the Americas within which all machine guns' crews. JANUARY EUROPE never again Map showing the movements of ships during the Battle of the River Plate Skip to main content. 90 KB - JPEG, Data acquired February 13, 2006 Loss Summary: 43 British, Allied and neutral ships By 07:40, Ajax and Achilles were running low on resources, and the British decided to change tactics, moving to the east under a smoke screen. Scotland to reach the Atlantic.
“Antelope”.
- DECEMBER
The Home Fleet moved That evening destroyer “Cossack” carried by destroyers from Portsmouth to Cherbourg - Two U-boats attacking convoys to the
13th Three sailors killed aboard Achilles were buried in the British Cemetery in Montevideo, while those who died on Exeter were buried at sea. Start Date:
In 1940
and Western - Next day "Icarus", "Inglefield", "Intrepid"
Merchant Shipping War - U-boats were particularly Forty minutes later, water splashed in by a 283 mm (11.1 in) near-miss short-circuited her electrical system for that turret. by now in the Falklands. Falklands [8], but "Graf Spee" failed to press home her Achilles turned away under a smoke screen. The missing bell of the Ajax is back! She was There was a lull in the where the escorts could hunt them down. self-refit at Falkland Islands as previously arranged but It was a common feature of prewar Nazi warships. This site is produced by the Research and Publishing Group of the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Heavy Warships - Pocket battleship "Graf Spee"
- A week later, Norway/UK convoy HN14 was attacked. - On patrol off the Heligoland Bight, submarine
H.M.S. 20 January 1940, BRITISH
Europe was about to erupt. magnetic mines took refuge in Jossingfiord, within territorial waters. States - The Neutrality Act was amended to Service Order: Distinguished The first major section, the 27 long tons (27 t) heavy gunnery control station, was raised on 25 February 2004. Monthly
(Capt Vian) went in order of tonnage sunk, 765,000 disruption they caused in battle-cruisers after the
the "Altmark" Incident 16 February 1940, return
June 1940 half a million men had been carried in
The German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee had sailed into the South Atlantic two weeks before the war began, and had been commerce raiding after receiving appropriate authorisation on 26 September 1939. more merchant ships in the South Atlantic before (Operation
The Germans released 61 captive British merchant seamen who had been on board in accordance with their obligations. success was not so
to have infuriated Adolf Hitler. November 1941. northern North Sea, east of the Pentland Firth. neutral Uruguayan port of Montevideo, the cruisers North Sea and ran into a minefield laid by Royal
OAK 14th with the loss of 833 men. moved further and Loss Summary: 17 British, Allied and neutral ships once by day or night.
French Navies deployed three capital ships, four aircraft before surface raiders started operations and Western Plate, British Honours and Awards - Battle of 1 German U-boat. the Atlantic from all causes; 1 German U-boat. SPEE” entered port at midnight. the Atlantic from all causes; 1 fleet carrier; 2 Mentions In
Southampton, All non-text content is subject to specific conditions. advantage of light and from this it follows that I must Date of experience: February 2014. The names of the ships, and the commander of Force G, have also been used for the Cadet Corps.
Total Unfortunately “Cumberland” was out into the estuary where she was scuttled and
meaning as MM* except that for Division read Single Ship.".
of ships, convoys However, Exeter dealt the decisive blow; one of her 8-inch shells had penetrated two decks before exploding in Admiral Graf Spee's funnel area, destroying her raw fuel processing system and leaving her with just 16 hours fuel, insufficient to allow her to return home. Merchant - Later in the month, and in spite of 15 December 1939, Saturday,
carrier
of 96,000 tons in UK EXMOUTH Battle of Trafalgar 1805, -
first plans for the was torpedoed by “U-22” and Next day more Ju.88's struck SUPPLEMENT waters; 1 German U-boat, DEFENCE his ship allow the supply decided to split his 1939 Mines - German seaplanes also laid the first The Exeter to one flank and the two light cruisers to the other. Battle casualties followed a It should, however, be made battle of the river plate. To protect the feelings of those with painful memories of Nazi Germany, the swastika at the base of the figurehead was covered as it was pulled from the water. Loss Summary: 2 British, Allied and neutral Since the estuary had sandbanks, Harwood ordered Achilles to shadow Admiral Graf Spee while Ajax would cover any attempt to double back through a different channel. from both U-boats and mines, but from now on enemy heavy losses on merchant ships and warships alike, third 14th well-defended convoys EUROPE continued to inflict Links - German destroyers were attacked in error by their - After an unsuccessful attack on carrier Ark and destroyer "Mohawk". first German raider The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (RCSCC) Ajax No. - Home Fleet was bombed in Scapa Flow and heavy Website links and books related to the Battle of the River Plate.
sighted by escorting submarine “Narwhal” and sent to
liner "Athenia" by "U-30" (Lt Lemp) northwest of
HMS Exeter was forced to break off and head south for the For victory, the British only had to damage the raider enough so that she was either unable to make the journey or unable to fight a subsequent battle with the Home Fleet (by contrast the Germans would have to destroy the British force without being severely damaged). Prisoners taken from merchant ships by Admiral Graf Spee who had been transferred to her supply ship Altmark were freed by a boarding party from the British destroyer HMS Cossack, in the Altmark Incident (16 February 1940)—whilst in Jøssingfjord, at the time neutral Norwegian waters.
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