The last message from Scharnhorst, 26 December 1943

geoff501 · 16-05-2008, 05:57 PM

The last radio transmission from Scharnhorst 26 December 1943

Frode Weierud's CryptoCellar | Scharnhorst's Last Message?

Gotthard Heinrici · 05-06-2008, 03:21 PM

I'm sure that this has been posted before but here is a site devoted to the Scharnhorst/Gneisenau ships:
Scharnhorst & Gneisenau

dbf · 05-06-2008, 04:27 PM

GH, funny you should have posted this - look who is on my list:
The National Archives | Research, education & online exhibitions | Exhibitions | The Art of War | Valour & Gallantry | Valour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Esmonde

"Lieutenant Commander Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde VC DSO, F/Lt, RAF, Lt-Cdr (A) RN (1 March 1909 – 12 February 1942) was an Irish VC recipient and distinguished pilot for the British Fleet Air Arm in World War II.
He won his VC when he led his squadron against elements of the German Fleet which made the "Channel Dash" (Operation Cerberus) from Brest to their home bases at Wilhelmshaven and Kiel through the English Channel.
He was by then 32 years old. On 12 February 1942 off the coast of England, Lieutenant Commander Esmonde led a detachment of six Fairey Swordfish in an attack on the two German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which had already managed to get from Brest without hindrance..."

dbf

Gotthard Heinrici · 05-06-2008, 04:32 PM

An Irishman and a stringbag - a formidable combination indeed!!!!

16-05-2008, 05:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
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05-06-2008, 03:21 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,252	I'm sure that this has been posted before but here is a site devoted to the Scharnhorst/Gneisenau ships: Scharnhorst & Gneisenau __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

05-06-2008, 04:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
dbf Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Co Down Posts: 397	GH, funny you should have posted this - look who is on my list: The National Archives \| Research, education & online exhibitions \| Exhibitions \| The Art of War \| Valour & Gallantry \| Valour http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_Esmonde "Lieutenant Commander Eugene Kingsmill Esmonde VC DSO, F/Lt, RAF, Lt-Cdr (A) RN (1 March 1909 – 12 February 1942) was an Irish VC recipient and distinguished pilot for the British Fleet Air Arm in World War II. He won his VC when he led his squadron against elements of the German Fleet which made the "Channel Dash" (Operation Cerberus) from Brest to their home bases at Wilhelmshaven and Kiel through the English Channel. He was by then 32 years old. On 12 February 1942 off the coast of England, Lieutenant Commander Esmonde led a detachment of six Fairey Swordfish in an attack on the two German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, which had already managed to get from Brest without hindrance..." dbf Last edited by dbf; 06-06-2008 at 09:49 AM.

05-06-2008, 04:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Ostfront is where its at! Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,252	An Irishman and a stringbag - a formidable combination indeed!!!! __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian "With amazement and disappointment, we discovered in late October and early November that the beaten Russians seemed quite unaware that as a military force they had almost ceased to exist." - General Blumentritt "In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen me fight so hard." Lieutenant General Wilhelm Bittrich - Commander of II SS Panzer Korps - (Commenting on the British Paratroopers at Arnhem) - September 1944 "Had Clark given more heed to Juin's views...the savage battles of Cassino would probably never have been fought and the venerable house of St Benedict would have been unscathed" Rudolf Böhmler - 1st Fallschirmjäger Division - 1944 (After the bombing of Monte Cassino)

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