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    Three British cruisers - HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax, and HMNZS Achilles - engaged the German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. This was the first naval battle of World War 2 in South American waters and resulted in damage to both sides before Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew.

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    Three British cruisers - HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax, and HMNZS Achilles - engaged the German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. This was the first naval battle of World War 2 in South American waters and resulted in damage to both sides before Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew.

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    December 13th Battle of River Plate

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    Three British cruisers - HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax, and HMNZS Achilles - engaged the German heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay in the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939. This was the first naval battle of World War 2 in South American waters and resulted in damage to both sides before Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew.

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    Royal Navy Kriegsmarine

    HMS Exter (​ 68, York-class heavy cruiser) Admiral Graph Spee (​ Deutschland-class
    cruiser)

    HMNZS Achilles ​(70, Leander-class light


    cruiser)

    HMS Ajax ​(22, Leander-class light cruiser)

    Pre-engagement report:
    The Battle of the River Plate was the first naval battle in the Second World War and the
    first one of the Battle of the Atlantic in South American waters. The German heavy
    cruiser Admiral Graf Spee had cruised into the South Atlantic a fortnight before the war
    began, and had been commerce raiding after receiving appropriate authorization on 26
    September 1939. One of the hunting groups sent by the British Admiralty to search for
    Graf Spee, comprising three Royal Navy cruisers, HMS Exeter, Ajax and Achilles (the
    last from the New Zealand Division), found and engaged their quarry off the estuary of
    the River Plate close to the coast of Uruguay in South America.

    Post-action report:
    Resources:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_River_Plate

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Graf_Spee

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Exeter_(68)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Achilles_(70)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ajax_(22)

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