Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "Doomsday for Admiral von Spee: The Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914" video.

'Graf' actually means 'Count'. The correct name of the ship was 'Admiral Graf Spee.'
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@RodFleming-World They were designed, during the time of thev Weimar Republic' to meet the 10,000 tons restrictions of the Treaty of Versailles. The intention was that they would operate in the Baltic, or against French troop convoys in the event of a war between Germany & France. The French response was the Strasbourg class. The 'Deutschlands' were slower than eight inch cruisers, either French or British, and not armoured well enough to resist 8 inch shells. The most cost-effective commerce raiders produced by Germany were the nine auxiliary cruisers, or extensively converted merchant ships. ' if they'd got in amongst the Atlantic convoys, Britain would have lost the war.' Not really.
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@giorgipiorgi Look out! If you annoy him, he will tell you about the Argentinian Air Force sinking HMS Invincible in 1982. Four times, I believe.
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