2-645-666 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Addressing the Crew of H.M.S. Exeter on their return from the sinking of the Graf Spee at the battle of the River Plate', 1940 (1955). German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee encurred critical damage, entered the port of Montevideo, and was scuttled by captain captain Hans Langsdorff, against perceived might of British forces following the first naval battle in the Second World War. From Churchill: The Man of the Century - A Pictorial Biography, edited by Neil Ferrier. [L.T.A. Robinson Limited, London, 1955]