Who Sank the Scharnhorst ?
(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, Jan. 5. The Scharnhorst was sunk by the joint effort of every ship taking part in the action, said Commander T. A. Maunsell, R.N., Fleet torpedo officer on the staff of Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser. Commander Maunsell, who was on the bridge of the Duke of York throughout the action, was answering the question, “Who sank the Scharnhorst
One curious sequel of the action, he said, was that a good many German survivors, who took passage back on the Duko of York, suffered acute seasickness. “They were a green lot, but some had been a good time at sea. Maybe their long sojourn in harbour had affect ed them.”
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Manawatu Times, Volume 69, Issue 6, 8 January 1944, Page 2
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