| GRAFSPEE | Admiral ___ was a German ship scuttled by its captain after damage in the Battle of the River Plate |
| BERTHA | Big ____ was a German type of siege howitzer used in the First World War |
| POSSE | Group of lawmen have last ship scuttled (5) |
| SLIPSHOD | Old ships scuttled? That's negligent (8) |
| GRAF | The German battleship ... Spee was scuttled by her captain when she was trapped in the River Plate by British warships on December 17, 1939 |
| SPEE | German pocket battleship blown up by her crew after the Battle of the River Plate in 1939 (4,4) |
| AJAX | British light cruiser which took part in the 1939 Battle of the River Plate against the German battleship Admiral Graf Spee (4) |
| EXETER | Heavy cruiser which, with 14Ac, took part in the Battle of the River Plate, suffering heavy damage (6) |
| ACHILLES | New Zealand light cruiser which took part in the 1939 Battle of the River Plate (8) |
| QUAYLE | The 1957 documentary-style Battle Of The River Plate starred the young Anthony ... |
| EDDY | Current of air running back, or in a direction contrary to the main current - can cause damage in the garden (4) |
| SLIPADISC | Do damage in the column in part of paper with leading academic going on the record (4,1,4) |
| DIPLOMAT | A dim plot scuttled by the man from the embassy (8) |
| BERLINER | German ship to go after the end of four months? (8) |
| BOUNTY | Its captain was really put off by the crew (6) |
| JENKINS | Ship's captain after whom the mid 18th century war between Britain and Spain was named (7) |
| REQUIEM | Britten's was War, Brahms's was A German |
| GLASS | The tumbler was a German girl (5) |
| ROMMEL | Who was a German field marshal in WWII, Erwin ... (6) |
| DESTROYER | Weird oyster found in the German ship (9) |
