The Graf Spee cruiser was scuttled after the battle of the River Plate in 1939, the first Anglo-German naval clash of World War II and the only one fought in South American waters.
The Graf Spee cruiser was scuttled after the battle of the River Plate in 1939, the first Anglo-German naval clash of World War II and the only one fought in South American waters.
The 7-ton anchor which once belonged to the Reichsmarine s Panzerschiff Admiral Graf Spee sank off the coast of Montevideo in December 1939, marking the end to the Battle of the River Plate against British Commonwealth forces at the beginning of World War II, has been ferried by lorry to Punta del Este to be a part of the Memorial site to be opened before the end of the year.