British warship involved in the Battle of the River Plate. Sunk during the Second Battle of the Java Sea.
Exeter HMS (Ship : 1931-1939)
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Palmer, M (Mrs) :Photographs of the Battle of the River Plate
Date: 1939
By: Palmer, Margaret, active 1940-1997
Reference: PAColl-5483
Description: Photographs taken in Montevideo harbour in December 1939, showing the funeral of the dead from the Admiral Graf Spee, the Admiral Graf Spee before, during and after scuttling, HMS Exeter, and the Altmark. The photograph of HMS Achilles was taken on her return to Auckland on 23 February 1940. Quantity: 9 b&w original photographic print(s).
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[Creator unknown] :Plan of action between HM ships Ajax, Archilles, Exeter and Admiral ...
Date: 1939
From: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965 : Maps from Papers
By: Waters, Sydney David, 1883-1965
Reference: MapColl-785hkm/1939/Acc.49788
Description: Map showing manoeuvering by the Ajax, Archilles, Exeter and Admiral Graf Spee (all colour-coded), with annotations describing situation and actions including speeds, firing and ranges, smokescreens, and hits taken. Scale half inch = 1 mile Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink on dressed linen, 21.7 x 33.2 cm.
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Pinkney, Frank, 1901?-1943:Photographs relating to the Battle of the River Plate
Date: 1939-1940, 1943
By: Pinkney, Frank, 1901?-1943
Reference: PAColl-9762
Description: Photographs of the Battle of the River Plate, collected by Royal Marine Frank Pinkney (d 1943), who served on HMNZS Achilles. Includes: photographs of HMNZS Achilles taken on board showing non-combat activities, photographs of damage to HMNZS Achilles, and portraits of the HMNZS Achilles; photographs of the heavily damaged HMS Exeter after the Battle of the River Plate; photographs of German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, including full portraits, closer views showing damage, as well as a series of images showing it burning soon after scuttling and in various stages of sinking; photographs of Captain Langsdorff participating in funeral proceedings in Montevideo, wider views of the funeral proceedings of German casualties in Montevideo, and marshalling of German servicemen for internment in Buenos Aires; views of the public welcome to crew of HMNZS Achilles in Auckland, and a portrait of Frank Pinkney on a farm near Matamata with another Royal Marine named Lennard John Fowler wearing the uniform of a corporal Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 57 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographs Transfers: Collection as a whole received into Photographic Archive; material transferred to other sections from here - To Book Collections - NZRSA Review special commemorative issue, THe King's Navy, Life in New Zealand (1939-1950), Battle of the River Plate - To Drawings & Prints Collection - Cap badge of Marine Pinkney of HMS Achilles.