Battle of the North Cape

Description of the Battle of North Cape at North Cape information center

Gun crews of HMS DUKE OF YORK under the ship's 14 inch guns at Scapa Flow after the sinking of the German battleship SCHARNHORST on 26 December 1943

A Warship Which Took Part in the Action Off the North Cape on 31 December 1942. HMS Sheffield, at Greenock, 10 January 1943. Some of the gun's crew of the HMS SHEFFIELD which took part in the battle off the North Cape, 31 December 1942.

A Warship Which Took Part in the Action Off the North Cape on 31 December 1942. HMS Sheffield, at Greenock, 10 January 1943. Some of the gun's crew of the HMS SHEFFIELD which took part in the battle off the North Cape, 31 December 1942.

Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 Two sailors, wrapped up against the cold stand on the exposed signal bridge of the 'Southampton' class cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD. One of the sailors is looking through binoculars.

Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 Inside one of the gunhouses for the triple mounted 6 inch gun aboard HMS SHEFFIELD. Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines sleep on the floor of the gunhouse. Others stand or sit whilst reading. 6 inch armour-piercing shells sit in the gun cradles ready for immediate action.

Aboard HMS Sheffield during An Arctic Convoy Escort Patrol, December 1941 View from the cruiser HMS SHEFFIELD as she sails on convoy duty through the waters of the Arctic ocean. In the background are merchant ships of the convoy. The image was taken during twilight - the short time each day that the sun is seen during winter. In the foreground is the silhouette of a lookout using a telescope.

Contemporary map of the Battle of North Cape on 26 December 1943.

Description of the Battle of North Cape at North Cape information center

Description of the Battle of North Cape at North Cape information center

Description of the Battle of North Cape at North Cape information center

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. A close up of the view of the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11 inch shell from the SCHARNHOST during the encounter in the North Atlantic which resulted in the sinking of the German battleship

Commemorative plaque, remembering the battle of North Cape and the sinking of the Scharnhorst. Taken at the North Cape site center, Norway.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War At Scapa Flow the funnel and bridge of HMS ONSLOW, riddled with splinter holes as the result of hits received during her successful engagement of the North Cape.

Scharnhorst Survivors at Scapa Flow, 2 January 1944 Blindfolded SCHARNHORST survivors, in merchant seaman rescue kit, walking down a gang-plank from the SS St Ninian on their way to internment.

Description of the Battle of North Cape at North Cape information center

The Royal Navy during the Second World War 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 A wounded SCHARNHORST prisoner being slung from HMS DUKE OF YORK to the hospital drifter at Scapa Flow after the sinking of the German warship on 26 December 1943.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Blindfolded SCHARNHORST survivors, in merchant seaman rescue kit, being landed at Scapa Flow after the sinking of the German warship on 26 December 1943.