Posted on 09/25/2007 7:06:58 PM PDT by Stoat
True, true. But if I read correctly, it was a shell from Exeter that caused GS enough damage to convince her Captain that she could not survive making a run for it, leading to the decision to scuttle.
shellon deck of graf spee are 22 hornet. capt wilhelm von terra
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