Wreck of German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee

Uruguay / Montevideo /
 Second World War 1939-1945, shipwreck
At 7:52pm on 17 December 1939 Captain Langsdorff ordered the scuttling of the ship rather than fight the British Warships nearby. He commited suicide 3 days later.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_pocket_battleship_Admiral_Graf_Spee
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Coordinates:   34°58'0"S   56°17'19"W

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