Sir John Henry Eugen Vanderstegen Millington-Drake, KCMG was a British diplomat.
Millington-Drake greets Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood in Montevideo after the Battle of the River Plate, 3 January 1940
Casa de Carrasco vista desde Calle Sir Eugen Millington Drake
Admiral Graf Spee (German Armored Ship, 1936) View of the after part of the ship's superstructure, port side, taken while she was in Montevideo harbor, Uruguay in mid-December 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate. Note the burned-out remains of an Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane on the ship's catapult and the German naval ensign flying from the mast mounted atop the after rangefinder.
Graf Spee in flames after being scuttled
Battle of the River Plate
The Battle of the River Plate was fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939 as the first naval battle of the Second World War. The Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, commanded by Captain Hans Langsdorff, engaged a Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Commodore Henry Harwood, comprising the light cruisers HMS Ajax, HMS Achilles and the heavy cruiser HMS Exeter.
HMS Achilles as seen from HMS Ajax during the battle
Admiral Graf Spee
The route of Admiral Graf Spee's cruise, from the British HMSO report.
HMS Achilles
