HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible inflicted substantial damage on SMS Scharnhorst, causing it to sink with all 860 people on board. The Royal Navy then gave pursuit to the remaining German ships.

Narvik 13.4.40; Sinking of Scharnhorst 26.12.1943'; H.M.A.S.Perth March 1st 1942'; H.M.S.Hood & Prince of Wales 5.50am May 24th 1941 (4 works) ...

Three German cruisers - the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen - were among the ships occasionally used in attacks on Allied shipping. However, after the sinking of the Bismarck in May 1941 ...