The Scharnhorst was far from the most heavily armed battleship deployed by the Kriegsmarine—but she arguably was its most successful. She and sistership Gneisenau were laid down in 1935 with nine ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Scharnhorst remained at Kiel for most of 1942. In early 1943, it proceeded to Norway where it operated as part of a “fleet in being” with Prinz Eugen, Tirpitz (the ...

It was a frigid December night in the Arctic Sea. Aboard the Scharnhorst, the forecast of harsh weather had everyone on edge. Battling fierce winds and towering waves, the German battleship pressed on ...

Captain Larry Taylor, who has died aged 102, was navigator of the destroyer Savage at the Battle of the North Cape on Boxing Day 1943, and Director of Marine Services after the war. Savage was part of ...

HMS Duke of York, a King George V class battleship, is described through its treaty-driven design, armament, armor layout, ...

The British force was disposed in two main formations. One, under the immediate command of the commander in chief of the Home Fleet, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, K.C.B., K.B.E., flying his flag in the ...