Graf Spee Explained

Graf Spee can refer to

• Graf Maximilian von Spee, a German admiral in World War I.

or to several German ships that were named after the admiral:

• SMS Graf Spee was an incomplete Mackensen class battlecruiser of World War I, scrapped in 1923.
• The Deutschland class cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, launched in 1934, that saw action in World War II as a commerce raider, then scuttled after the Battle of the River Plate. The name Graf Spee was also considered for a SR Merchant Navy Class locomotive to commemorate the battle.
• The German Federal Navy ship Schulfregatte Graf Spee.