The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_River_Plate" id="mwjA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of the River Plate">Battle of the River Plate</a> is fought off the coast of Uruguay; the first naval battle of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kriegsmarine" id="mwjg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland-class_cruiser" id="mwjw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Deutschland-class cruiser">Deutschland-class cruiser</a> (pocket battleship) <i id="mwkA"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Graf_Spee" id="mwkQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee">Admiral Graf Spee</a></i> engages with three <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" id="mwkg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> cruisers: <a about="#mwt74" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"HMS","href":"./Template:HMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Ajax"},"2":{"wt":"22"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Ajax_(22)" id="mwkw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMS Ajax (22)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">HMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Ajax</i></a>, <a about="#mwt75" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"Ship","href":"./Template:Ship"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"HMNZS"},"2":{"wt":"Achilles"},"3":{"wt":"70"},"4":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMNZS_Achilles" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMNZS Achilles" typeof="mw:Transclusion">HMNZS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Achilles</i></a> and <a about="#mwt76" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"HMS","href":"./Template:HMS"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Exeter"},"2":{"wt":"68"},"3":{"wt":"6"}},"i":0}}]}' href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Exeter_(68)" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="HMS Exeter (68)" typeof="mw:Transclusion">HMS<span typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><i>Exeter</i></a>.<sup about="#mwt80" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"}}' id="cite_ref-13" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_13#cite_note-13" id="mwlg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 13;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwlw">[13]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt84" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-14"}}' id="cite_ref-14" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_13#cite_note-14" id="mwmA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 14;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwmQ">[14]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-13"><cite about="#mwt77" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFBidlingmaier1971">Bidlingmaier, Gerhard (1971). "KM Admiral Graf Spee". <i id="mwBg0">Warship Profile 4</i>. Windsor: Profile Publications. pp.<span id="mwBg4" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>88–91. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./OCLC_(identifier)" id="mwBg8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a><span id="mwBhA" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20229321" id="mwBhE" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">20229321</a>.</cite><span about="#mwt77" class="Z3988" id="mwBhI" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=KM+Admiral+Graf+Spee&amp;rft.btitle=Warship+Profile+4&amp;rft.place=Windsor&amp;rft.pages=88-91&amp;rft.pub=Profile+Publications&amp;rft.date=1971&amp;rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F20229321&amp;rft.aulast=Bidlingmaier&amp;rft.aufirst=Gerhard&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+13"></span></span>