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Convoys between Battle's of Barents Sea and North Cape . . .

Links to Battle of the Atlantic 1943 and Italian Campaign/Sicily Landings

Ships of JW55B and Escort

Force Positions at circa 0400, 26th September 1943

 

Opposing Forces and Engagements,
Phases One and Two,
in SUMMARY

Main Force Commanders
A - Vice Admiral R L Burnett, Belfast (flag), Cover Force Commander	B/C - Rear Admiral Bey, Scharnhorst (flag), Northern Task Force Commander	D - Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Duke of York (flag), C-in-C Home Fleet

 

Phase One - Cruiser Actions and Chase, c0840-1500 (6+ hours)

Links to heavy cruiser Norfolk, light cruisers Belfast, Sheffield

 

 

Phase Two - Battle Action and Sinking of "Scharnhorst",
1500-1945 (nearly 5 hours)

Links to battleship Duke of York, heavy cruiser Norfolk, light cruisers Belfast, Jamaica, Sheffield