Naval Art Prints of the German Heavy
Cruiser or Pocket battleship The Admiral Graf Spee. These naval art prints
of the Graf Spee are by leading naval artists, Ivan Berryman, Randall
Wilson and Simon Atack
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
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.
Item Code : B0113
Admiral Graf Spee by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
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.
Item Code : DHM1258
Admiral Graf Spee enters Montevideo by Ivan Berryman. - Editions Available
The pocket-battleship Graf Spee catches the flood tide, making speed through a choppy cross-current as she leaves the German naval port of Wilhelmshaven for final trials a few weeks before the outbreak of war on 3rd September, 1939. Under her Captain, Hans Langsdorf, she will soon be on station in the South Atlantic in readiness for action against merchant shipping, vital to the survival of island Britain.
