Patrick Dove (sea captain)
Patrick G.G. (Paddy) Dove (1896 – 1957) was a British merchant navy officer who served as commanding officer of the MV Africa Shell when she was intercepted and sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Mozambique Channel, off the coast of Portuguese East Africa, becoming the sixth victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding sortie. Following the seizure and sinking of his ship, Captain Dove became friendly with Captain Hans Langsdorff during his period of imprisonment aboard the Graf Spee, and would later recall this in his book: I Was Graf Spee's Prisoner.
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Patrick Dove (sea captain)
Patrick G.G. (Paddy) Dove (1896 – 1957) was a British merchant navy officer who served as commanding officer of the MV Africa Shell when she was intercepted and sunk by the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee in the Mozambique Channel, off the coast of Portuguese East Africa, becoming the sixth victim of Graf Spee's commerce raiding sortie. Following the seizure and sinking of his ship, Captain Dove became friendly with Captain Hans Langsdorff during his period of imprisonment aboard the Graf Spee, and would later recall this in his book: I Was Graf Spee's Prisoner.
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Shell Company of East Africa Ltd. - Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London
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