SINKING OF THE SCHARNHORST. 1 JANUARY 1944, SCAPA FLOW. ON 26 DECEMBER 1943, ONE OF GERMANY'S FEW GREAT WARSHIPS, THE 26,000 TO SCHARNHORST, WAS SUNK BY UNITS OF THE HOME FLEET. THE SCHARNHORST WAS ATTEMPTING TO INTERCEPT A RUSSIAN-BOUND CONVOY WHEN SHE WAS DRIVEN OFF, CHASED, AND FINALLY DESTROYED OFF THE NORTH CAPE. SLOWED DOWN BY TORPEDOES FROM OUR DESTROYERS, AND CRIPPLED BY GUNFIRE FROM HMS DUKE OF YORK, SHE WAS SENT TO THE BOTTOM BY TORPEDOES FIRED FROM HMS JAMAICA. - A wounded SCHARNHORST prisoner being slung from the DUKE OF YORK to the hospital drifter

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