was prominently' mentioned in news dispatches when it was reported that she was blockaded with the destroyer Deering at Foochow after the Japanese had "placed a boom across the Laid down in 1931 and completed in 1933, the Duchess was 1,875 tons snd capable of doing 36 knots, She carried four 4,7-inch guns, one inch anti-aircraft gun, six' smaller guns and eight torpedo tubes.—United Press, off the mouth of the Rio de la Plata, were mostly caused by British mus German Warship taspeeted Montevideo, Dec. 14.
Her control turret destroyed with many: holes in her sides, and listing heavily. the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee presented a sorry sight fo thousands of curious on-Jokers who cruised around the warship in small embarcations today. The German vessel seemed tunable 10 navigate further.
Therefore, con greeted the state mer press by the German Consul Herr Olio Langmann today in which he stated that the battleship called at Montevideo "owing to lack of fuel and not because wf the damages sustained.'
'A Havas correspondent spent some time inspecting the vessel from a motor-boat and noticed that there were two large holes in the turret, another in the port hull. One of the Starboard guns" was completely dis~ mantled and partly destroyed, while nother gun was damaged and a seaplane demolished.
fow sailors with bandages on their arms, faces, and legs could be seen helping their comrades. repair the damage. Most of the wounded have not yet been Ianded—Hawas.
shows that the German man-of-war has a big hole in her control tower, while her big guns fare provably out of action and her pinnes. badly damaged, The German Minister, Dr. Long: mano, visited the battleship immediately on arrival.
taterment to the press, Dr.
ship "pat into port owing to a short declared that the battle fage of fud, and not on account the damage' stislained during battle."
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