Hans Langsdorff, German captain (born 1894)

Hans Langsdorff

German naval officer (1894–1939)

Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee before and during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay in 1939. After the Panzerschiff was unable to escape a pursuing squadron of…