On 13 December 1939, the first significant naval engagement of World War II occured near the mouth of the River Plate (Rio Plata), near Argentina and Uruguay. The Brits caught the German ship Admiral Graf Spee and a major battle ensued with the Royal ships, Exeter, Ajax and Achilles. After being seriously damaged, the Admiral Graf Spee limped into Montevideo and called home. Their instructions were to sink her in the River Plate, where she remains today, although attempts in recent years to re-float her are underway.

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Motorcycle Ride

When you take that lifleong dream ride through South America, take the ferry between Buenos aires and Montevideo to travle across the Rio de la Plata, (River Plate)