EXPLODED FIVE MILES OFF COAST
STATEMENT BY GERMAN COMMANDER RUN BLOCKADE OR SINK THE SHIP
(United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Dec. 18, 2 p.m.) NEW YORK, Dec. 17 The Montevideo correspondent of the American Press says the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled and exploded. It was sinking at 7.55 p.m. Earlier it was reported by the Montevideo semi-official newspaper El Pueblo that Captain Langsdorff said: “If I cannot run the blockade I will sink the ship at 8 p.m.” The National Broadcasting Company announced that the Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled five miles off the coast. MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 17 The Admiral Graf Spee paused outside the harbour limits and lay three miles off the shore, inside the regular Buenos Aires ship lanes. Pilots watching thought she was awaiting the Tacoma to refuel. No indication was given from her position as to whether she was going to sea or to Buenos Aires.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20990, 18 December 1939, Page 7
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154EXPLODED FIVE MILES OFF COAST Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20990, 18 December 1939, Page 7
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