Battle of the North Cape

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World War II battle naval battle

The Battle of the North Cape was a World War II naval engagement in December 1943 in which British forces sank the German battleship Scharnhorst off Norway’s northern coast.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of the North Cape canonical	12
Battle of North Cape	2
Schlacht am Nordkap	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ naval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of the North Cape ⓘ surface form: Schlacht am Nordkap
belligerent	Kriegsmarine ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ
casualties	over 1,700 German sailors killed ⓘ
commander	Bruce Fraser ⓘ Erich Bey ⓘ
conflictOf	World War II ⓘ
countryInvolved	Germany ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
date	1943-12-26 ⓘ
flagship	HMS Duke of York ⓘ
followedBy	reduced German surface fleet activity in Arctic ⓘ
involvedTechnology	fire-control radar ⓘ surface-search radar ⓘ
location	Barents Sea ⓘ off the North Cape of Norway ⓘ
month	December ⓘ
navalTheatre	Arctic Ocean ⓘ
objective	protect Arctic convoy JW 55B ⓘ
operationContext	convoy JW 55B ⓘ
outcome	German battleship Scharnhorst sunk ⓘ
partOf	Arctic theatre of World War II ⓘ surface form: Arctic naval operations of World War II
precededBy	earlier Arctic convoy battles ⓘ
primaryWeaponType	naval artillery ⓘ torpedoes ⓘ
result	British victory ⓘ
shipInvolved	HMS Belfast ⓘ HMS Duke of York ⓘ HMS Norfolk ⓘ HMS Saumarez ⓘ HMS Savage ⓘ HMS Scorpion ⓘ HMS Sheffield ⓘ HNoMS Stord ⓘ German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ surface form: Scharnhorst
shipSunk	German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
significance	elimination of Scharnhorst as a threat to Arctic convoys ⓘ last battle between battleships in European waters ⓘ
survivors	36 German survivors rescued ⓘ
tacticalFeature	night action ⓘ radar-directed gunfire ⓘ
theatre	European theatre of World War II ⓘ
year	1943 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kriegsmarine → conflict → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

German battleship Scharnhorst → tookPartIn → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

German battleship Scharnhorst → sunkInBattle → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

Arctic theatre of World War II → notableOperation → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

Bruce Fraser → participatedIn → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

Home Fleet → engagement → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of North Cape

HMS Belfast → battle → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of North Cape

Battle of the North Cape → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

this entity surface form: Schlacht am Nordkap

Erich Bey → placeOfDeath → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

Erich Bey → conflict → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

Oskar Kummetz → participatedIn → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

HMS Duke of York → tookPartIn → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser → battle → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruce Fraser

Baron Fraser of North Cape → associatedWithBattle → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

Baron Fraser of North Cape → notableBattle → Battle of the North Cape ⓘ

subject surface form: Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape