Battle of the River Plate

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of the River Plate was a World War II naval engagement in December 1939 in which British cruisers confronted and ultimately forced the scuttling of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the River Plate canonical	22
The Battle of the River Plate	7
Battle of the River Plate (1939)	1
Battle of the River Plate (indirectly via Admiral Graf Spee)	1
The Battle of the River Plate (1956 film)	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	La batalla del Río de la Plata ⓘ
belligerent	Kriegsmarine ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ
casualtiesSide	British and New Zealand naval personnel ⓘ German naval personnel ⓘ
combatantShip	Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ HMS Ajax ⓘ surface form: HMNZS Achilles HMS Ajax ⓘ HMS Exeter ⓘ
commander	Hans Langsdorff ⓘ Henry Harwood ⓘ
commandStructure	Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G ⓘ
conflictIn	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Germany ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1939-12-13 ⓘ
endDate	1939-12-17 ⓘ
engagementType	surface ship action ⓘ
followedBy	scuttling of Admiral Graf Spee in Montevideo harbour ⓘ
hasParticipant	South American neutral states as diplomatic actors ⓘ
location	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic Ocean near the Río de la Plata estuary ⓘ off the coast of Uruguay ⓘ
mediaAdaptation	Battle of the River Plate self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Battle of the River Plate (1956 film)
navalFormation	South American Division of the Royal Navy ⓘ
notableFor	first major naval battle of World War II ⓘ use of cruiser squadron against a pocket battleship ⓘ
outcome	scuttling of Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ
partOf	Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
precededBy	commerce raiding operations of Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ
relatedEvent	internment of Admiral Graf Spee in Montevideo ⓘ
relatedPlace	Montevideo ⓘ Uruguay ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
shipDamaged	Admiral Graf Spee ⓘ HMNZS Achilles ⓘ HMS Ajax ⓘ HMS Exeter ⓘ
startDate	1939-12-13 ⓘ
strategicEffect	removal of Admiral Graf Spee from Atlantic commerce raiding ⓘ
tacticalSituation	three Allied cruisers versus one German pocket battleship ⓘ
theatre	Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ surface form: South Atlantic theatre of World War II
year	1939 ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altmark Incident → precededBy → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

Battle of the River Plate → mediaAdaptation → Battle of the River Plate self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Battle of the River Plate (1956 film)

German tanker Altmark → relatedIncident → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Altmark

Admiral Graf Spee → notableEngagement → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

Río de la Plata → notableEvent → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the River Plate (1939)

Ajax, Ontario → namedAfter → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

HMS Ajax → notableEngagement → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

HMS Exeter → notableEngagement → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

HMS Exeter → sustainedDamage → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

La batalla del Río de la Plata → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Batalla del Río de la Plata

Hans Langsdorff → participantIn → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

Henry Harwood → notableWork → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

Commodore Henry Harwood’s Force G → engagement → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

HMNZS Achilles → notableEngagement → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

HMNZS Achilles → participatedIn → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

Deutschland class → notableEngagement → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

Altmark → associatedEvent → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the River Plate (indirectly via Admiral Graf Spee)

Robert Krasker → workedOnFilm → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Battle of the River Plate

Allan Cuthbertson → appearedIn → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Battle of the River Plate

Craig Stevens → appearedIn → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Battle of the River Plate

Jeremy Spenser → notableWork → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Battle of the River Plate

Leander class → notableEngagement → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

Captain Charles Henry Woodhouse → conflict → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Henry Woodhouse

York class → participatedIn → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: HMS Exeter

Langsdorff → participantIn → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

subject surface form: Hans Langsdorff

South Atlantic Station → notableEvent → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

Moultrie Kelsall → notableWork → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Battle of the River Plate

Christopher Challis → notableWork → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Battle of the River Plate

Christopher Challis → workedOn → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Battle of the River Plate

HMS Achilles → notableEngagement → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ

HMS Achilles → participatedIn → Battle of the River Plate ⓘ