Linkor Sharnkhorst. Stal'nye Giganty Vtoroi Mirovoi - Iakobsen A.

The battleship "Scharnhorst", the most powerful ship of Nazi Germany, was a formidable enemy of polar convoys, delivering military cargo to the USSR. In a detailed description of the largest naval battle of the war, held on 26 December 1942 at Cape Nordkap, "Sharnhorst" was sunk by a British group led by the battleship "Duke of York". Only 36 sailors survived from a crew of about 2,000.

Parallel to the main line of storytelling, the author tells how the expeditions organized by him managed to find the remains of "Scharnhorst" in the Barents Sea at a depth of 300 meters at a point located far from the recorded Officially. Details and fascinating are told about the work of members of the Norwegian Resistance, who were monitoring the German naval base in northern Norway, where the Sharnhorst anchorage was located. The fate of the people caught in the middle of those tragic events can be traced. The book is illustrated with maps and photographs.