Mar 17, 2018 panzerschiff graf spee 1956 kompleter film duration. Graf spee, german pocket battleship of 10,000 tons launched in 1936. The german kriegsmarine, admiral graf spee photos, panzerschiffe, admiral graf spee, panzerschiff schwerer kreuzer 19361939, deutschland class. Admiral graf spee, panzerschiff selbstversenkung am 17. The scuttling of the german pocket battleship graf spee is shown, off the coast of uruguay in december of 1939. Panzerschiffe and ultimate n scale this is the home of 12400 scale model ships. The battle of the river plate pursuit of the graf spee. Her forward 11 inch gun turret is engulfed in smoke.
Admiral graf spee is a premium tier vi german cruiser that straddles the line with battleships in several ways. Streamcloud panzerschiff graf spee 1956 deutsch stream. Panzerschiff graf spee 1956 kompleter film duration. River plate 1939 days before the outbreak of world war ii, a handful of german commerce raiders put out to sea to prey on allied merchantmen. Although the admiral graf spee is often called graf spee for short, it must not be confused with the uncompleted world war i german battle cruiser graf spee. Dezember 1939 untergegangenen panzerschiffes admiral graf spee zu heben. The german heavy cruiser admiral graf spee had cruised into the south atlantic a fortnight before the war began, and had been commerce raiding after receiving appropriate authorisation on 26 september 1939. Commissioned into the kriegsmarine at wilhelmshaven as panzerschiffe admiral graf spee. Hitler and raeder were very aware of the royal navys penchant for entering neutral.
With john gregson, anthony quayle, ian hunter, jack gwillim. Pursuit of the graf spee 1956 british officers john gregson, anthony quayle chase the german pocket battleship graf spee to uruguay, where its captain peter finch scuttles it. This rather small ship is one of the three deutschland class pocket battleships or so called panzerschiffe. The british had about 9 knots speed advantage, graf spee apparently only capable of 22 knots by the time she was caught, with faulty engines and extreme fouling of the hull. The graf spee was more heavily gunned than any cruiser and had a top speed of 25 knots and an endurance of 12,500 miles 20,000 km. The admiral graf spee runs into the british ca exeter, cl ajax and the new zealand cl achilles. The deutschlandclass heavy cruiser comprised three ships. Among them was the panzerschiffe armored ship graf spee, a formidable warship that boasted the firepower of a battleship, but had the size, speed, and range of a cruiser.
It was distributed worldwide by rank film distributors ltd the film s storyline concerns the battle of the river. Deutschland, admiral scheer and admiral graf spee although the deutschland was later renamed lutzow. Nov 09, 2016 hier bitte alles zur graf spee rein tier 6 premium kreuzer kosten. The deutschland class was a series of three panzerschiffe armored ships, a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the german reichsmarine more or less in accordance with restrictions imposed by the treaty of versailles. View of the german armoured ship pocket battleship. Pursuit of the graf spee 1956 stream and watch online. Largely designed to meet the restrictions imposed by the treaty of versailles, admiral graf spee and the others of its class were often referred to as pocket battleships because of their powerful armament of 11. Oct 18, 2004 here the panzerschiffe admiral graf spee.
In this educational video i cover the deutschland class panzerschiffe commissioned by the kriegsmarine before world war. Most notably, her main battery is comprised of 283mm guns. Admiral graf spee meets its supply ship altmark the last time 25,5s, 24,5w. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it german cruiser admiral graf spee is part of the heavy cruisers of germany series, a good topic. Like her two other sister ships, the graf spee conducted several nonintervention patrols off the coast of spain during the spanish civil war 19361939. Joined the rest of the german fleet, and served as the fleet flagship. Smoke pours from the scuttled german armoured ship pocket. The film stars john gregson, anthony quayle, and peter finch.
When world war ii commenced, the graf spee, under the command of captain langsdorff. Pursuit of the graf spee in the united states is a 1956 british war film in technicolor and vistavision by the writerdirectorproducer team of michael powell and emeric pressburger. History the end of panzerschiffe admiral graf spee. They were later classified as heavy cruisers even though they had some pretty unique characteristics like 6x11 guns instead of the more common 8 guns and 8xman diesel engines. In the first major naval battle of world war ii, the british navy must find and destroy a powerful german warship.
South america was a safe location for nazis after the war when around 9,000 fled to the region to escape capture and trial by allied forces. Widely regarded as one of the best and most intelligent british war dramas of the 1950s, the battle of river plate is the story of britains first significant naval victory in ww2. A tactical computer game called admiral graf spee was released by temptation software for the zx spectrum in 1982. Admiral graf spee was deployed to the south atlantic in the weeks before the outbreak of world war ii, to be positioned in merchant sea lanes once war was declared. Admiral graf spee was a deutschlandclass panzerschiff armored ship, nicknamed a pocket battleship by the british, which served with the kriegsmarine of nazi germany during world war ii. The graf spee sank during a 1939 battle with three british royal navy ships, the hms ajax, hms achilles, and hms exeter, just outside the port of uruguays capital city montevideo.
The exeter is badly damaged, the other ships are hit, too. Were a community of creatives sharing everything minecraft. Laid down as panzerschiffe c, although it was initially known as ersatz braunschweig. The minecraft map, panzerschiff dkm admiral graf spee, was posted by spee. Wie ublich wurde dieser film in video hd hohe auflosung fur kinoprojektion oder blurays mit dolbydigitalaudio gefilmt. In order to keep within the limitations of the 1919 treaty of versailles which formalized the punishments that were to be imposed upon the german empire at the end of wwi, germany could not build ships that had a displacement of more than 10,000 tons. This ended in a battle with a british hunterkiller force of three cruisers 1ca and 2cl that damaged the graf spee and caused her captain to seek shelter in the neutral port of. Features footage of the graf spee s captain hans langsdorff, and the aftermath of the battle of the river plate.
German cruiser admiral graf spee has been listed as one of the warfare good articles under the good article criteria. German heavy cruiser pocket battleship civfanatics forums. Academy the admiral graf spee 1939 kriegsmarine pocket. The admiral graf spee was commissioned in 1936 and in september 1939 was released for operations against allied merchant shipping in the south atlantic and indian oceans, sinking 10 british ship between then and december 1939.
Abaft is her tower superstructure surmounted the gun director with wide rangefinder. Panzerschiff graf spee 1956 kompleter film youtube. During the war her role was that of a commerce raider in the south atlantic. The imperial german navy fleet scapa flow suicide and salvage. The completed panzerschiffe admiral graf spee in 1936. Though the vessels of deutschlandclass exceeded this displacement, the german designers devised numerous methods to reduce weight. Admiral graf spee wreck salvage photos german navy. With the hydro and fighter plane its not really worth taking vig as well imo. This deutschlandclass panzerschiffe had been wreaking havoc on allied merchant ships in the atlantic since the war began in the previous september. Montevideo was a neutral port and graf spee by international maritime laws could only stay for 72 hours or she would have to have been interned for the rest of the war. View of the german armoured ship pocket battleship panzerschiffe admiral graf spee.
Built by the kriegsmarine, they were officially described as heavy cruisers of 10,000 tons in order to comply with the limitations imposed by the treaty of versailles. Graf spee kreuzer world of warships official forum. Graf spee was scuttled subsequent to the battle of the river plate. Exception without any interior 184 x 21 blocks graf spee made by spee g wiki to be continued download map now. For any collector serious about naval history, graf spee is a crown piece of any collection and a mustbuy. The battle of the river plate was the first naval battle in the second world war and the first one of the battle of the atlantic in south american waters. Days before the outbreak of world war ii, a handful of german commerce raiders put out to sea to prey on allied merchantmen. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The admiral graf spee was commissioned in 1936 and in september 1939 was released for operations against allied merchant shipping in the south atlantic and indian oceans, sinking. Released 1956, pursuit of the graf spee stars johngregson, anthonyquayle, peterfinch, ianhunter the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 59 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A deutschlandclass panzerschiffe armored ship, admiral graf spee s design was intended to nominally conform to the naval restrictions set forth by the treaty of versailles which ended world war i.
The third and final panzerschiff of the deutschland class, the admiral graf spee, was commissioned in january 1936, and after the appropriate trial period, served as flagship of the german fleet. Free the german pocket battleship admiral graf spee top. Admiral graf spee was 186 meters 610 ft long overall and had a beam of 21. Admiral graf spee and her two sister ships, deutschland and admiral scheer, had been built during the interwar period. Along with panzerschiffe admiral scheer, aviso hamburg, 3 zerstorer and a number of torpedoboots, graf spee escorted the transport fleet of the legion condor arriving from spain. Between september and december 1939, the ship sank nine ships totaling 50,089 gross register tons grt, before being confronted by three british cruisers at the battle of the river. The pocket battleship deliberately sunk in montevideo. The graf spee was a deutschlandclass panzerschiff armored ship, nicknamed a pocket battleship by the british, which served with the kriegsmarine of nazi germany during world war ii. In the background are the battleship hms resolution and the battlecruiser hms hood. The ship had a design displacement of 14,890 t 14,650 long tons.
She was designed by the german navy prior to wwii to be a fast and powerful light battleship. The deutschland class was a series of three panzerschiffe armored ships, a form of heavily armed cruiser, built by the reichsmarine officially in accordance with restrictions imposed by the treaty of versailles. These limited future german warships to 10,000 long tons. Admiral graf spee was a deutschlandclass heavy cruiser originally termed panzerschiff or armoured ship, sometimes referred to as pocket battleship which served with the kriegsmarine of nazi germany during world war ii. An analytical look at the life and death of the panzerschiffe graf spee, which focuses on the german side of the story. The admiral graf spee had a different and unusual conclusion to her battle days.
The graf spee conducted a longer and much more famous cruise in the south atlantic at the beginning of the war, sinking nine ships for a total of 50,089 tons. Bueno realmente no hay mucho mapa ete mapa solo cuenta con admiralgraf spee full interior. The german pocket battleship admiral graf spee top drawings by stefan draminski ebook free download the german pocket battleship admiral graf spee top drawings by stefan draminski ebook product details sales rank. This is identified as among the best series of articles produced by the. The ships of the class, deutschland, admiral scheer and admiral graf spee, were all stated to displace 10,000 long tons 10,000 t in accordance with the treaty, though they actually. Admiral graf spee was a deutschlandclass panzerschiffe armored ship that entered service with the german kriegsmarine in 1936. The lead antagonist of the first naval battle of wwii and the main part one of my favorite stories of the war, a story filled with honor, integrity, intrigue and sacrifice. The class is named after the first ship of this class to be completed the deutschland. After sinking several merchant ships in the atlantic, the graf spee was sighted on dec. The deutschlandclass ships were the first heavy vessels of the german navy after the first world war. Panzerschiff admiral graf spee pocketbattleship admiral.
Consists of ten merchant ships designed to appear as if they are sinking. Panzerschiff graf spee photo album description kriegsmarine photo album of berthold rohweder serving with panzerschiff admiral graf spee. The german kriegsmarine, admiral graf spee wreck salvage photos, panzerschiffe, admiral graf spee, panzerschiff schwerer kreuzer 19361939, deutschland class. Even if you dont post your own creations, we appreciate feedback on ours. They could pick their range, and apparently did so, exeter attempting to close the range where her 8 inch guns could penetrate graf spees thin belt, while the light. Admiral graf spee and deutschland were rearmed in 1938 and 1940, respectively, with six 10. Smoke pours from the scuttled german armoured ship pocket battleship panzerschiffe admiral graf spee. The german pocket battleship admiral graf spee topdrawings draminksi, stefan on.
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