Battle of the North Cape

The Battle of the North Cape was a Second World War naval battle on 26 December 1943, part of the Arctic campaign. The German battleship Scharnhorst, sailed to implement Operation Ostfront an attack on Arctic convoys carrying supplies from the western Allies to the Soviet Union. Scharnhorst was brought to battle and sunk by the battleship HMS Duke of York and its cruisers and destroyers. The Norwegian destroyer HNoMS Stord played a noticeable part in the sinking. The result increased the British advantage in major surface units. The battle was the last between British and German big-gun capital ships. It was also the penultimate engagement between battleships in history, the last being the Battle of Surigao Strait in October 1944.

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1943  Wikimedia, Wikidata
United Kingdom, Nazi Germany, naval battle, 

HMS Saumarez, HNoMS Stord, Scharnhorst, 

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Location: 72.5167, 28.25, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1943 Battle of the North Cape

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The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21177

Scharnhorst survivors A 021202

Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 A6873

Survivors of the SCHARNHORST under guard on the catapult deck of HMS DUKE OF YORK at Scapa Flow after the sinking of the German warship on 26 December 1943.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A14340

Damage to the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11-inch shell during the Battle of North Cape, when the German battlecruiser SCHARNHOST was sunk on 10 January 1943. A21314

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21200

Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 A6892

Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 A6879

A Warship Which Took Part in the Action Off the North Cape on 31 December 1942. HMS Sheffield, at Greenock, 10 January 1943. A13971

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1943	Battle of the North Cape	naval battle, United Kingdom, Nazi Germany	Wikidata
link	page		NavWeaps page@		Wikidata
link	page		The Operations Room page@		Wikidata
object	watercraft		SM U-28	submarine	Wikidata
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21177		Commons
commons	image		Scharnhorst survivors A 021202		Commons
commons	image		Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 A6873		Commons
commons	image		Survivors of the SCHARNHORST under guard on the catapult deck of HMS DUKE OF YORK at Scapa Flow after the sinking of the German warship on 26 December 1943.		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A14340		Commons
commons	image		Damage to the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11-inch shell during the Battle of North Cape, when the German battlecruiser SCHARNHOST was sunk on 10 January 1943. A21314		Commons
commons	image		The Royal Navy during the Second World War A21200		Commons
commons	image		Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 A6892		Commons
commons	image		Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 A6879		Commons
commons	image		A Warship Which Took Part in the Action Off the North Cape on 31 December 1942. HMS Sheffield, at Greenock, 10 January 1943. A13971		Commons