Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee before and during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Urugu
Hanslangsdorff
Langsdorff at the funeral of crew members who were killed in the battle
Grave of Captain Langsdorff, German section of the La Chacarita Cemetery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Admiral Graf Spee was a Deutschland-class Panzerschiff which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. The vessel was named after World War I Admiral Maximilian von Spee, comma
Hans Langsdorff
…Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (20 March 1894 – 20 December 1939) was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee before and during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay in 1939. After the Panzerschiff (Deutschland-class cruiser) was unable to…
Admiral Graf Spee in 1936
Recognition drawing of a Deutschland-class cruiser
Admiral Graf Spee at Spithead in 1937; HMS Hood and Resolution (centre) lie in the background
1939 cruises Admiral Graf Spee Deutschland