Image: Damage to the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11-inch shell during the Battle of North Cape, when the German battlecruiser SCHARNHOST was sunk on 10 January 1943. A21314

Description: Damage to the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11-inch shell during the Battle of North Cape, when the German battlecruiser SCHARNHOST was sunk on 10 January 1943. A close up of the view of the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11 inch shell from the SCHARNHOST during the encounter in the North Atlantic which resulted in the sinking of the German battleship
Title: Damage to the director of the destroyer HMS SAUMAREZ which received a direct hit from an 11-inch shell during the Battle of North Cape, when the German battlecruiser SCHARNHOST was sunk on 10 January 1943. A21314
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//30/media-30476/large.jpg This photograph A 21314 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: Hampton, J A (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer
Permission: This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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