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When the war began, the cruiser was sent out on a commerce-raiding mission in the Atlantic.  She sank her first victim off the coast of Brazil, and destroyed or captured nine more vessels before being intercepted by a British cruiser force.  In the Battle of the River Platte on December 13, 1939, the Graf Spee damaged 3 cruisers, but suffered several hits and a number of casualties.  The German ship made it to the port of [[Montevideo]], but the port’s neutrality meant that it could only stay for three days, not enough time to make proper repairs.  Faced with what he believed to be a superior British force, the captain chose to scuttle the ship.

When the war began, the cruiser was sent out on a commerce-raiding mission in the Atlantic.  She sank her first victim off the coast of Brazil, and destroyed or captured nine more vessels before being intercepted by a British cruiser force.  In the Battle of the River Platte on December 13, 1939, the Graf Spee damaged 3 cruisers, but suffered several hits and a number of casualties.  The German ship made it to the port of [[Montevideo]], but the port’s neutrality meant that it could only stay for three days, not enough time to make proper repairs.  Faced with what he believed to be a superior British force, the captain chose to scuttle the ship.

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