ROYAL NAVY ENDS THREAT TO ARCTIC CONVOYS
London, England · December 26, 1943 The Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, variously described as a battleship and battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine. Launched in 1936 and completed in 1939—her nine‑gun, triple turrets the pride of the Kriegsmarine—the 31,500‑ton ship was sister ship to the Gneisenau. During much of the early part of the…