Follow us on Twitter uboatnet. Damaged by gunfire from British warships at Mers-el-Kebir on 3 July Further damaged by exploding depth charges on board the auxiliary ship Terre Neuve moored alongside on 6 July Scuttled in drydock at Toulon 27 November to prevent her capture by the Germans.
Salvaged in and sold to be broken up for scrap in Please use this if you spot mistakes or want to improve this ships page. On 1 September the Admiral Graf Spee was off the Canary Islands where she made rendes-vous with the supply ship Altmark and supplies were transferred. On 11 September another rendes-vous was made with the Altmark in the South Atlantic. The Admiral Graf Spee had launched her Arado floatplane to scout in the area as supplies were transferred.
Fallowfield, RN. The German ships then immediately parted company and cleared the area at high speed. Two days later, on the 13th, the ships again met and fueling was completed. The Admiral Graf Spee was still under orders to remain unseen.
On the 26th the Admiral Graf Spee was ordered to start raiding the British trade lanes. She then proceeded towards the Pernambuco area. The Admiral Graf Spee then proceeded eastwards and found three more victims between 5 and 10 October. This ship was en-route from Capetown to the U. This ship was en-route from Durban to Falmouth.
The crew of the Ashlea was transferred to the Newton Beech. This ship was en-route from Calcutta to the U. The next day the crews of the Newton Beech and Ashlea were also transferred to the Altmark and the German ships then parted company. The Admiral Graf Spee then set course to return to the South Atlantic where she met once more with the Altmark on 27 November and the next day she fuelled from her about miles from Tristan da Cunha.
