HMS Ramillies congratulates the Achilles

HMS Ramillies in Wellington Harbour in January 1940, flying a banner congratulating Achilles on its role in the Battle of the River Plate. The battleship was in New Zealand to escort the big troop ships carrying the First Echelon of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force to the Middle East.

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Battle of the River Plate

Keywords

battle of the river plate

HMS Achilles

wellington harbour

WW2

Credit

Image from Achilles at the River Plate, by S.D. Waters
War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington 1948
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