05.04.2009, 12:38
Well It had an Impact,
thats why the english made all they could to destroy the Spee wich was a real menance to the allied Merchant ships, it had already sunk 9 of them and was trying to end the allied supremacy over the South Atlantic.
There are some theories about the Spee trying to take over Falklands and some other islands to control the South Atlantic wich are not truly precise lets say but it was a possibily. If the HMS Ark Royal would have arrived and the Spee got out of Montevideo it would have being an important aerial attack on the Spee.
"Hunting the Graf Spee
In October, Ark Royal was redeployed to Freetown to operate off the African coast in the hunt for the German commerce raider Graf Spee. The carrier was assigned to Force K, and sailed with the battlecruiser HMS Renown to the South Atlantic.[5] On 9 October, aircraft from Ark Royal spotted the German tanker Altmark, which supplied Graf Spee. The tanker was disguised as the US vessel Delmar, which fooled the British into passing her by.[27] On 5 November, Ark Royal captured the German merchant SS Uhenfels, which was attempting to reach Germany. The ship was later taken into British service as a cargo ship[28] and renamed Empire Ability.[29] Several neutral merchant ships were also spotted by the carrier's aircraft, twice causing crews to believe they were under attack and abandon ship.[30] A note explaining the situation was dropped in a bag to a Norwegian vessel's crew, and they re-boarded; an attempt to repeat this exercise with a Belgian crew failed when the bag was dropped down the ship's funnel.[30]
By this time, Graf Spee had put into Montevideo to repair damage received during the battle of the River Plate. Several British cruisers followed the raider, and patrolled the harbour entrance while reporting Graf Spee
thats why the english made all they could to destroy the Spee wich was a real menance to the allied Merchant ships, it had already sunk 9 of them and was trying to end the allied supremacy over the South Atlantic.
There are some theories about the Spee trying to take over Falklands and some other islands to control the South Atlantic wich are not truly precise lets say but it was a possibily. If the HMS Ark Royal would have arrived and the Spee got out of Montevideo it would have being an important aerial attack on the Spee.
"Hunting the Graf Spee
In October, Ark Royal was redeployed to Freetown to operate off the African coast in the hunt for the German commerce raider Graf Spee. The carrier was assigned to Force K, and sailed with the battlecruiser HMS Renown to the South Atlantic.[5] On 9 October, aircraft from Ark Royal spotted the German tanker Altmark, which supplied Graf Spee. The tanker was disguised as the US vessel Delmar, which fooled the British into passing her by.[27] On 5 November, Ark Royal captured the German merchant SS Uhenfels, which was attempting to reach Germany. The ship was later taken into British service as a cargo ship[28] and renamed Empire Ability.[29] Several neutral merchant ships were also spotted by the carrier's aircraft, twice causing crews to believe they were under attack and abandon ship.[30] A note explaining the situation was dropped in a bag to a Norwegian vessel's crew, and they re-boarded; an attempt to repeat this exercise with a Belgian crew failed when the bag was dropped down the ship's funnel.[30]
By this time, Graf Spee had put into Montevideo to repair damage received during the battle of the River Plate. Several British cruisers followed the raider, and patrolled the harbour entrance while reporting Graf Spee