LOL! No, no need to thank me. It was either this, or go do the ironing :op
(I only I hope I get things right)
To: yankeedame
Last night they ran "Sink the Bismark" (documentary) on History Channel. Pretty cool. They'd also done a doc on the Graf Spee (sp?).
2 posted on
02/27/2004 7:35:40 AM PST by
theDentist
(Boston: So much Liberty, you can buy a Politician already owned by someone else.)
To: yankeedame
Once restored, the vessel is eventually expected to become a tourist attraction in Montevideo. Just how much of the 'vessel' are they planning to restore? I was under the impression this was kind of a 'scrap in place' effort... the wreck has long been considered a navigational hazard.
13 posted on
02/27/2004 8:16:19 AM PST by
skeeter
To: yankeedame
Having lived in Uruguay, let me tell you that this is probably the biggest thing that's happened there since ... well, the
sinking of the Graf Spee. <|:)~
ARRIBA URUGUAY NOMAS! <|:)~
14 posted on
02/27/2004 8:24:24 AM PST by
martin_fierro
(Funky Homo Sapien)
To: yankeedame
I think some of the 88mm guns were removed years ago and are on display in a nearby public park.
24 posted on
09/06/2004 11:54:39 AM PDT by
fso301
To: yankeedame
Cool! They Found The Arc !!!!!
25 posted on
09/06/2004 11:59:48 AM PDT by
cmsgop
( Bong Hits, Fraggle Rock Reruns and DU is no way to go through Life..........)
To: yankeedame
Graf Spee. Two distinct words. I'll have to remember that.
32 posted on
09/09/2004 7:16:26 AM PDT by
rabidralph
(Mr. Clinton is sedated but arousable.--Cardiologist, commenting after surgery.)
To: yankeedame
Uruguay, under diplomatic pressure from Britain, ordered the Graf Spee out to sea. And there she was scuttled by her captain, Hans Langsdorff. Captain Langsdorff committed suicide in a Buenos Aires naval camp three days later.
I think it was an intelligence ruse that got Hans to scuttle her. He got convinced that he was surrounded, which he wasn't.
34 posted on
09/09/2004 11:27:43 AM PDT by
ErnBatavia
("Dork"; a 60's term for a 60's kinda guy: JFK)
To: yankeedame
Graf Spee
Silly me, I thought this was an article on giraffe urine written in Eubonics......
38 posted on
09/26/2007 6:11:59 AM PDT by
Hot Tabasco
(I could be Agent "HT")
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