German Capital Ships and Raiders in World War II: From Scharnhorst to Tirpitz, 1942-1944 |
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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 gyro HA/LA hits Home Fleet Jamaica Kaa Fiord knots Kola Inlet Lieut Lieutenant Lt.-Com midget submarine 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 Stord Strike STUBBORN Sub-Lt surface survivors Swordfish SYRTIS target Tirpitz torpedo attack torpedo tubes turret U-boats Vice-Admiral X craft yards

