Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Admiral Graf Spee
Dressed in white, Captain Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (1894 - 1939), German captain of the Admiral Graf Spee pocket-battleship photographed in Montevideo, Uruguay, shortly before he scuttled the ship after it had been damaged in the Battle of the River Plate by British cruisers HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles. He committed suicide on 19th December 1939
Picture No
13732055
Media ID
45400625
Size
3700px x 4920px
(1.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph in the Illustrated London News, 30th December 1939. Image digitally colourised using AI
Date
Dec-39
