On this day in 1943, the last capital ship big gun engagement between the Royal Navy and the German navy took place at the Battle of North Cape where Admiral Bruce Fraser took on and sank the Scharnhorst with HMS DUKE of YORK and several escorts. Only 36 of 1,968 crew were able to be rescued.
HMS Duke of York.
Gun crew of HMS Duke of York
Scharnhorst
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