The Admiral Graf Spee was a German Heavy Cruiser (sometimes known as a Pocket Battleship), which took part in the Battle of the River Plate on 13 December 1939. This was the first proper naval engagement of World War II. Graf Spee was a formidable warship, described as “faster than anything bigger, and bigger than anything faster.” She displaced 16,000 tons at full load, was 186 m long, and carried six 11-inch guns in two triple turrets. She had diesel engines rather than the more usual steam turbines and had a top speed of 28 knots. Her commander was Kapitän-zur-See Hans Langsdorff.
The Seetakt Radar on the Admiral Graf Spee
IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine ; 40 , 7 ; 66-67
01.07.2025
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Online Contents | 2007
|Die Panzerschiffe der Deutschland-Klasse : Deutschland/Lützow, Admiral Scheer, Admiral Graf Spee
GWLB - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Bibliothek | 1993
|Un galeone presso il relitto della Graf Spee
Online Contents | 1994