The future of a bronze eagle which once adorned the Nazi-era battleship Admiral Graf Spee remains uncertain after plans to melt it down were scrapped. Treasure hunters raised the eagle in 2006 off the ...

Captain Hans Langsdorff knew there was no way out. For the last three months, the Kriegsmarine’s most successful commerce raider to date, Graf Spee, had been devastating the Atlantic with gallantry, ...

It was a ship that wasn't supposed to exist. It was never supposed to be found. And now, somehow, they had it trapped. Through the haze off Uruguay's coast, a silhouette emerged—the most feared ...

It was short, sharp and bloody. And although it might not have been one of history's greatest naval engagements - it was three ships against one - the battle of the river Plate in December 1939 ...

During the early, dark days of World War II, England achieved its first major naval victory with the sinking of the mighty German pocket battleship Graf Spee, which had been a menace to Allied ...

This was before the Graf Spee encountered three Royal Navy cruisers on 13 December, 1939. In the ensuing battle of the river Plate, the Graf Spee was badly damaged and travelled to the neutral port of ...