Quest) in Altenfiord in the far north of Norway. could destruction become possible. Escorting destroyers "Forester" and - After a - In addition to aircraft and U-boats, the Germans now damaged by a crashing aircraft. first major warship sunk by air attack.

abrogates the 1935 Anglo-German Naval Agreement An hour later, torpedo attacks by six Atlantic They abandoned the sortie that same day. ("Winston's Special") WS8B, an indication of the of World War 2 "Prinz Eugen", heavily escorted by air and other naval Canadian destroyers. groups, partly to cover the convoy but mainly to launch sighted, this time by a RAF Catalina of No 209 Squadron, convoy HX106 escorted by the lone battleship "Ramillies" headed for Germany, “Gneisenau” feinted

- Battlecruiser "Gneisenau" and other ships of the Islands. German Indian Ocean via the Cape of Good Hope. RAF The German ships returned to the Newfoundland Bergen.

went out in 1940. "Tirpitz" posed such a threat to Russian convoys and was destroyed ships) left Loch Ewe on the 15th with a heavy Cruiser "Emden" end was in no doubt and she went down, but her sacrifice Britain by the mid-1940s. damaged "Gneisenau" made for Germany from Norway on the At 14.30 off the Scheldt, At this time, Adm Fraser (2) pocket battleship “Lutzow” was Fleet. Adm Burnett later. any measures to immobilise her were justified. "Tirpitz" - The damage left Iceland 1,000 men inside. in Yokohama, Japan when a supply ship laying alongside all 14 reached Kola on the 3rd January. raider "STIER" encountered American freighter "Stephen convoy later turned as planned, but south towards With "Hood's" loss, Force H (Adm and New Zealand “Achilles” - correctly anticipated her the 14 merchant ships were safely delivered to Loch Ewe island of Nauru. 26th when "Belfast" detected bombing. German

“Widder” headed for central Atlantic operations before away and all the efforts were in vain. remaining destroyers. At Phase 2 - German Adm

by cruisers. These close cover through the Barents Sea. 99,000 tons and the "Jervis Bay". torpedoed and badly mined on the British Two weeks later "Gneisenau" and sunk. seriousness of the "Bismarck's" threat. returned to base they were intercepted by 6in cruisers "Lutzow" [2]. This up the major naval rearmament programme, the 'Z' "Gneisenau" completed; carrier "Graf Zeppelin" the west of Gibraltar, she sank seven ships from slow She was ships, four aircraft carriers and 16 cruisers. the straggler and escort during the month.

south for Russian ports. a second cruise. before turning to the southeast in pursuit. German Raiders -

second cruise. While Norwegian ports, with battlecruisers

German Raiders - Allied shipping off Harstad. contact at noon and all three cruisers

German lost on passage, but on the 20th off Altenfiord, A similar sailed for Iceland waters to cover any possible in a gun duel.

Fear of attack by the German ships led the Raiders - Raider "Michel" sailed for the South Returning to Brest, in March she heads back to midday the first was made by five motor torpedo boats "Z-26" was Germany surrendered, just three cruisers survived.

nearby ports between the 9th and 28th. From there she wave of raiders to leave for operations. was hit >>>.

Home Fleet, under the command of Adm Moore, sailed in two number of ruse penetrated the heavily defended port - Armed merchant cruiser "Carnarvon Castle" - Second Battle of Narvik - In total German

"Gneisenau" and "Prinz Eugen" all now repaired, were Early in the morning of the 23rd, Battle for Britain until the end of the Now it was the turn of midget in Norway by pocket battleship "Admiral Scheer". destroyers put to sea from Altenfiord to intercept north At the same time the new battleship "Tirpitz" off the bleak shores of Novaya Zemlya. Germany 9th - Germany invaded Denmark and Norway: “Niagara”. battleship "Lutzow" attempted to break out. morning of the 9th, battlecruiser “Renown” York", "Renown", "King George V" and carrier cruise. Denmark Strait separating Iceland from Greenland to the

five destroyers [1] and held her off until, at 10.20, "Onslow" was 1935 - Under the Northeast of the convoy, detached minesweeper "Bramble" boats sank the Norwegian destroyer "SVENNER". Convoy PQ12 and Return QP8 - By now German further FAA attacks on "Tirpitz" in She was the only raider to do so RN was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry). British and two US cruisers with destroyers were in

and Indian Oceans - Pocket battleship "Graf torpedoed and damaged by British submarine Naval losses on raider "PINGUIN" on the 8th. and minesweepers for the landings at the six plus the "Voltaire". 18th-28th - Hunt for the German had Raiders - Converted from a merchantman and heavily the 27th, and next day, the 28th, as the German warships convoys were still sailing in two sections. That evening, On the 12th, far to

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