On 26 December 1943 the Scharnhorst, the pride of Germany’s wartime fleet, was sunk and destroyed. The ship was caught off the North cape by a superior naval force and went down with 1,803 crew. For the full story of the ship, and photos of the men who sailed with her, see the Greenhill pictorial history Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class. Back to Greenhill Military Book News No. 126 Table of Contents Back to Greenhill Military Book News List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by Greenhill Books This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com