Battle of the River Plate, Speaker: Jonathan Harwood

The Battle of the River Plate’ took place in December 1939 off the coast of Uruguay, when three British cruisers – HMS Exeter , Ajax and Achilles – defeated the German pocket battleship ‘Admiral Graf Spee’.  Commodore, later Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, was the senior British naval officer commanding the squadron that won this battle.  His son, Stephen Harwood and grandson, Jonathan Harwood have put together a presentation that will be delivered by Jonathan and which tells the River Plate story using photos, original documents, film clips and excerpts from letters home.