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A man reading a receipt given by a German officer to Captain Patrick G Dove of the tanker Africa Shell which states that the Captain 's sextant and other navigation instruments have been confiscated ._x000D_ _x000D_ The tanker was sunk by the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee which was in turn scuttled following defeat in the Battle of the River Plate at the hands of British ships._x000D_ _x000D_ 16 November 1939_x000D_
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Title: A man reading a receipt
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A man reading a receipt given by a German officer to Captain Patrick G Dove of the tanker Africa Shell which states that the Captain 's sextant and other navigation instruments have been confiscated .
_x000D_ _x000D_ The tanker was sunk by the German cruiser Admiral Graf Spee which was in turn scuttled following defeat in the Battle of the River Plate at the hands of British ships.
_x000D_ _x000D_ 16 November 1939_x000D_.

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