German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II: From Scharnhorst to Tirpitz, 1942-1944This is a comnpendium volume of three Battle Summaries or Naval Staff Histories produced soon after the war by the Naval Historical Branch of the Admiralty. Originally classified and designed for internal use only, these histories are published here for the first time. The documents in this book cover the actions during the period 1939-1941 that resulted in the sinking or immobilising of the German Warships Birsmark and Graf Spee, and record the struggle to rid the seas of the menace of the armed merchants raiders. |
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12th February 26th December Able Seaman action Admiral Admiralty aircraft Alten Fiord altered course amidships Appendix astern Barracudas battle cruisers Battle Summary battleship Belfast bombers bombs Brest British Cæsar Captain carrier Commander-in-Chief Commanding Officer convoy craft crews deck destroyers Division's Mess Dover Duke of York enemy engagement engine room escort explosion fighters Flotilla Force German Gneisenau gunnery guns HA/LA hits Home Fleet Jamaica Kaa Fiord knots Kola Inlet Lieut Lieutenant Lt.-Com midget miles N.I.D. Note Narvik Naval Norfolk opened fire Operation Source OPERATION TUNGSTEN ordered passage patrol Plan port side position Prinz Eugen prisoners radar contact range range-finder Rear-Admiral reconnaissance Scharnhorst Seafires SEANYMPH September Sheffield shell ship's sighted signal sinking Soroy speed Squadron Staff starboard side steering Stord STUBBORN Sub-Lt submarines sunk surface survivors Swordfish SYRTIS target Tirpitz torpedo attack torpedo tubes turret U-Boat Vice-Admiral X craft yards