Pictures of some objects from the Graf Spee
Pictures of some objects from the Graf Spee
This pictures were taken by me at the Museo de la Armada, in Montevideo Uruguay.
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- Another view of the gun
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- 150 mm gun
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- Führer's image
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Last edited by toli on 15 Feb 2007, 01:04, edited 1 time in total.
More Graf Spee stuff
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- Sword which belonged to Hans Langsdorf
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- Helmut Otto Grunow's uniform
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- Some bronze piece from the Graf Spee. Any idea about what is it exactly?
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- Part of crew's cap
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- Graf Spee's telephone
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- This was used to unload the casualties in Montevideo. It still have the bloodstains.
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The museum isn't too big, but have a lot of interesting things. For example, there is a gun recovered from the HMS Agamemnon (I have pictures of it, of course) the famous ship of Horatio Nelson. HMS Agamemnon was wrecked in Maldonado Bay, 20 June 1809, some 100 miles from Montevideo. HMS Agamemnon took part in the Battle of Trafalgar.faf_476 wrote:Nice photo, is the museum that kind of large?
And about the Graf Spee, there are a lot of things. I didn't post pictures of every object, but will do one of this days. Do you remember the bronze eagle which was recovered the year before? Well, the final destiny of this eagle will be this museum, after all the restoration process.
Regards.
Toli.
Would you object to giving me your full name so that I may properly credit you with the copyright ownership?toli wrote:No problem for me, you can use the photograph. Just send me the link to your website to visit it.Tony D. wrote:I would be interested in having your permission to use one of the 15 cm photographs on my NavWeaps website. If interested, please contact me.
Tony D.
Regards.
Toli
Your picture would appear on the "additional pictures" page at this link:
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNGER_59-55_skc28.htm
Which is part of NavWeaps at http://www.navweaps.com
Tony D.
Toli,
The bronze pieces are benchmarkers for one of the 15cm guns. In order to insure proper alignment within the fire control system, each gun and mount had benchmarks to exactly align it with the ship centre axis. Essentially, each gun and mount was surveyed and corrected for bearing by training the gun fore and aft, bore sighting it to make sure it was line up properly, and then adjusting the mount or pedestal benchmark until it lined up with the fixed benchmark. Once this was done, they would know that when the gun was ordered onto a certain bearing, it would be properly aligned with all the other guns in its battery and in agreement with the fire control system.
The bronze pieces are benchmarkers for one of the 15cm guns. In order to insure proper alignment within the fire control system, each gun and mount had benchmarks to exactly align it with the ship centre axis. Essentially, each gun and mount was surveyed and corrected for bearing by training the gun fore and aft, bore sighting it to make sure it was line up properly, and then adjusting the mount or pedestal benchmark until it lined up with the fixed benchmark. Once this was done, they would know that when the gun was ordered onto a certain bearing, it would be properly aligned with all the other guns in its battery and in agreement with the fire control system.
Re: Pictures of some objects from the Graf Spee
Wouldn't it be nice of the body of Hans Langsdorff was returned to Germany? It still rests in Uruguay.
Was his crew interned or did they find their way back to Germany I wonder.
Was his crew interned or did they find their way back to Germany I wonder.
Re: Pictures of some objects from the Graf Spee
The crew was interned, although some 200 members did escape internment and get back to Germany--among them Jurgen Wattenberg who later commanded U-162 and was taken POW in 1942; Paul Ascher, who later joined the staff of Fleet Commander Admiral Guenther Luetjens and went down with the Bismarck; Kurt Diggins who went on to command U-458, and Friedrich Rasenack who later went on to be an officer on the battleship Tirpitz.
Re: Pictures of some objects from the Graf Spee
Nice pictures, thanks for showing them. Someday I would like to visit this museum and the harbor where it all happened. Hopefully the bronze eagle will be on display there when I do.
John
John