Photos of Phil Goff and salvaged Graf Spee items
At the weekend Foreign Minister Phil Goff was invited aboard the savage vessel in Montevideo harbour that is currently raising pieces of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee, which was sunk following an engagement that involved New Zealand light cruiser Archilles.
Images... Phil Goff Visits Graf Spee Memorial
Phil looking at items salvaged from the Graf Spee, Uruguay; Fri 27 Feb 2004
Phil standing in front of the
(27 tonne) recently salvaged rangefinder of the WW2 German
pocket battleship which lies in Montevideo harbour, Uruguay;
Fri 27 Feb 2004
Phil with NZ Ambassador Carl
Worker at grave of three sailors, one believed to be a New
Zealander, from the HMS Achilles, killed in the 1939 Battle
of the River
Plate