Considering the Hotel Cottage in Montevideo?
A VT member wrote the following comment about visiting Montevideo:
Admiral Graf Spee by Bjorgvin
The Battle of the River Plate: The German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was sighted on Dec. 13, 1939, off the Río de la Plata estuary by a British search party. The British ships attacked (there were three of them), but they had to withdraw damaged. Graf Spee made off in the direction of Montevideo, a neutral port, where its commander obtained permission to stay for four days to repair damage. When the ship put to sea again the captain had his crew scuttle their ship because he believed he couldn?t escape from the superior force he thought awaited him. In fact the British reinforcements had not arrived, except one ship. This happened 4 miles out of Montevideo, where thousands of spectators watched from the waterfront. ? For more information: Museo Naval, Rambla Charles de Gaulle.
