Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (20 March 1894 – 20 December 1939) was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral...

Convinced by false reports of superior British naval forces gathering, Hans Langsdorff, commander of the ship, ordered the vessel to be scuttled. The ship...

British reports of reinforcements, the state of the ship convinced Hans Langsdorff, her commander, to scuttle the ship outside Montevideo, Uruguay. Lützow...

Langsdorff may refer to: People Grigory Langsdorff (1774–1852), German-Russian naturalist, explorer, and physician, and Russian diplomat Hans Langsdorff...

Hitler, Mark Antony, Władysław Raginis, Yoshitsugu Saito, Jozef Gabčík, Hans Langsdorff, and Emperor Theodore (Tewodros II) of Ethiopia. Honor suicide has...

In the municipality, one of the streets was named Langsdorff Drive in honour of Hans Langsdorff, a battleship captain who commanded Nazi Germany forces...

At story's end, Langsdorff is personally complimented by the British for his humane decision. Peter Finch as Captain Hans Langsdorff, Admiral Graf Spee...

Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, commanded by Captain Hans Langsdorff, engaged a Royal Navy squadron, commanded by Commodore Henry Harwood...

harbor; given freedom of choice by Berlin, the ship's Kapitän zur See, Hans Langsdorff, orders the scuttlling of the vessel just outside the harbour. The...

the waters of the River Plate estuary. Cornered, the German captain Hans Langsdorff ordered the scuttling of the ship, while the crew were taken under...

his ship, Captain Dove became friendly with Kapitän zur See (KzS) Hans Langsdorff during his period of imprisonment aboard the Graf Spee, and would later...

international waters outside the mouth of the Río de la Plata, Captain Hans Langsdorff sailed Graf Spee just outside the harbour and scuttled the vessel to...

51 years, 2 days Walter Krüger Lithuania May 22, 1945 55 years, 84 days Hans Langsdorff Firearm Buenos Aires, Argentina December 20, 1939 45 years, 275 days...

Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee, under the command of Captain Hans Langsdorff, and which was embarked upon a commerce raiding sortie. Graf Spee ordered...

another war movie, The Battle of the River Plate (1956), playing Captain Hans Langsdorff for the team of Powell and Pressburger. This was also hugely popular...

March 19 – Moms Mabley, African-American comedian (d. 1975) March 20 Hans Langsdorff, German naval officer (d. 1939) Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian painter...

Graf Spee spotted the Exeter during the following morning. Captain Hans Langsdorff decided to engage the British and closed at full speed. The British...

what he believed to be overwhelming odds, the captain of Graf Spee, Hans Langsdorff, scuttled his ship rather than risk the lives of his crew. An ensign...

with the outcome of the Battle of the River Plate and believed that Hans Langsdorff should not have scuttled the ship, but instead sailed out to engage...

in Montevideo, and given to Graf Spee's captain, Hans Langsdorff. This contributed to Langsdorff's decision to scuttle his ship. With Graf Spee sunk...

board of the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee at anchor at Ceuta in May 1939. He is flanked by Admiral Hermann Böhm and Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff....

Like Alice Joe Harman Jack Lee The Battle of the River Plate Capt. Hans Langsdorff Michael Powell Archers/Rank 1957 The Shiralee Jim Macauley Leslie Norman...

Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo. 1943 – All Chinese are again permitted to become...

Montevideo as the time limit to leave port was running out. Captain Hans Langsdorff believed that British reinforcements were nearby and that he had used...

against Allied merchant traffic. Under the command of Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff, Admiral Graf Spee sailed from Wilhelmshaven on 21 August 1939, bound...

the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. The German Captain Hans Langsdorff then scuttled Graf Spee rather than face the loss of many more German...

Langsdorff may refer to: Karl Christian von Langsdorf (1757 – 1834), German mathematician, geologist, natural scientist and engineer Hans Langsdorff (1894...

Tiburtius (1843–1927), German doctor and campaigner for women's studies Hans Langsdorff (1894–1939), German naval officer and captain of the Armoured Cruiser...

Seekriegsleitung (Skl) Admiral Graf Spee (Panzerschiff) - Kapitän zur See Hans Langsdorff: en route to South Atlantic Deutschland {Panzerschiff} - Kapitän zur...

missionary (b. 1850) 1938 – Lida Howell, American archer (b. 1859) 1939 – Hans Langsdorff, German captain (b. 1894) 1941 – Igor Severyanin, Russian-Estonian...