Battle Of The River Plate, including: German Cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, Hmnzs Achilles (70), Hms Ajax (22), Hms Exeter (68), Hms Cumberland (57), Rolf Weinberg

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More info: The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval battle in the Second World War. The German pocket battleship (heavy cruiser) Admiral Graf Spee had been commerce raiding since the start of the war in September 1939. One of the hunting groups set up by the British Admiralty to search for the Graf Spee, comprising three smaller Royal Navy (RN) cruisers: HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMS Achilles, which was part of the RN's New Zealand Division, found and engaged their quarry off the estuary of the River Plate off the coast of Argentina and Uruguay in South America. HMS Cumberland was also part of the hunting group, but she was refitting in the Falkland Islands.