Across the Atlantic, the hunt for the German warship Admiral Graf Spee had stretched the resolve of the Allied forces to its breaking point. This ship had been wreaking havoc on Allied supply routes ...

Among the storied ships of World War II, there's no lack of renown for aircraft carriers or battleships, but what were the cruisers used for?

The HMS Exeter, a heavy cruiser in the Royal Navy, weighed nearly 10,000 imperial tons.

She was being hunted by several British hunting groups, and was found by the three British cruisers, Exeter, Ajax, and Achilles on 13th December 1939, and then began the Battle of the River Plate.

The HMS Exeter, a 175m heavy cruiser, and the destroyer HMS Encounter, have been "almost totally removed", The Guardian says, while the 100m destroyer, HMS Electra, has been partially cut away ...