First Force K
This task force was based in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and consisted of battlecruiser Renown, aircraft carrier Ark Royal, and destroyers Hardy, Hostile, Hereward, and Hasty. Its mission was to track and destroy German commerce raiders in the South Atlantic, such as the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee. After the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939, Force K was sent to the coast of Uruguay to prevent any sortie by Graf Spee, which was in Montevideo.
After Graf Spee was scuttled, Force K was broken up, with Ark Royal escorting the cruiser HMS Exeter (damaged in the battle with Graf Spee) back to Britain.
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