October 7, 1939: Ashlea seen from the Admiral Graf Spee.

 

October 7, 1939: Ashlea (left) and Newton Beech (right) seen from the Admiral Graf Spee just before Ashlea
was sunk.

(Photo courtesy of Hugo R. Sochi from the private collection of Delia S. Neumann, wife of
Matrosenobergefreiter Gustav Neumann, Division 3, Admiral Graf Spee)

 

October 7, 1939: Crewmen watch from the Admiral Graf Spee as one of the scuttling charges explodes on the
Ashlea, Newton Beech is seen in the background.

 

October 7, 1939: Crewmen on the Admiral Graf Spee watch as the Ashlea sinks.

(Photo courtesy of Hugo R. Sochi from the private collection of Hugo Oehler Jr., son of
Matrosenobergefreiter Hugo Oehler, Division 4, Admiral Graf Spee)