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Title:Battle at sea between Britain's Royal Navy and the German Graf Spree
Date:18th December 1939
Summary:SLATE INFORMATION: Graf Spee Trapped by the Royal Navy
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"AJAX" H.M.S. Shots from ditto used when she attacks the "Admiral Graf Spee
"HOOD" H.M.S.Hood at sea with the Navy enlarged from 16mm - must not be supplies to anyone on any Account - v.g.
NAVAL The Navy at Sea - Including H.M.S.Hood - enlargement from 16mm - must not be supplied to anyone on any account. Very Roughh Sea.
Navy - Active
World War Two, World War II, WWII, Second World War, war, ships, battles, guns, Kriegsmarine, Royal Navy, RN, Montevideo, Battle of the River Plate, heavy cruiser, Kapitn zur See Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff
Embargoed:2nd January 1940 12:00
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Location:Montevideo, Uruguay
Country:Uruguay
Topics:War / Fighting
Reuters ID:LVA6LRW3BNSAZHSO6CA2WRF3GXQG
Story Text: In England's first naval battle of WWII, the German pocket battleship, Graf Spree, is chased into a neutral harbor by the Royal Navy cruisers Ajax, Exeter, and Achilles under the command of Commodore Harwood
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