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    The Battle of the North Cape was a Second World War naval battle that occurred on 26 December 1943, as part of the Arctic campaign. The German battleship...
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    North Cape (Norwegian: Nordkapp; Northern Sami: Davvenjárga) is a cape on the northern coast of the island of Magerøya in Northern Norway. The cape is...
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  • up North Cape or Nordkapp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. North Cape, Northern Cape, or Nordkapp may refer to: North Cape (Norway), a cape at the northernmost...
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    Erich Bey (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross)
    served as commander of the Kriegsmarine's destroyer forces and commanded the battleship Scharnhorst in the Battle of the North Cape on 26 December 1943...
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    King George V-class battleship (1939) (category Ship classes of the Royal Navy)
    part of her action against the German capital ship Scharnhorst at the Battle of the North Cape on 26 December 1943, Duke of York, firing under radar control...
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    Håkon Nilsen (category Royal Norwegian Navy personnel of World War II)
    as torpedo commander on HNoMS Stord at the Battle of the North Cape. In the Battle of the North Cape in which the German battleship Scharnhorst was sunk...
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    German battleship Scharnhorst (category World War II shipwrecks in the Arctic Ocean)
    patrols intercepted the German force. During the Battle of the North Cape (26 December 1943), the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York and her escorts...
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    HMS Scorpion (G72) (category World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom)
    mostly in the Arctic Ocean, and fought in the Battle of North Cape. She was sold to the Netherlands in 1945 and scrapped in 1963. Scorpion joined the 23rd...
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    The Battle of Cape Spartivento, known as the Battle of Cape Teulada in Italy, was a naval battle during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the Second World...
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    The Battle of Cape Gloucester was fought in the Pacific theater of World War II between Japanese and Allied forces on the island of New Britain, Territory...
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    separate engagements (the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea, the Battle of Surigao Strait, the Battle off Cape Engaño, and the Battle off Samar), as well as lesser...
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    The Battle of Cape Spada was a naval battle between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina during the Battle of the Mediterranean in the second World War...
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  • Battle of the North or Battle of North may refer to; Battle of North Point Battle of North Walsham Battle of the North Cape Battle of the North Fork of...
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    The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle of Savo Island (サボ島沖海戦), took place...
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    HMS Savage (G20) (category World War II destroyers of the United Kingdom)
    escorted convoys to the Soviet Union. In December 1943, the destroyer took part in the Battle of the North Cape which saw the destruction of the German battleship Scharnhorst...
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    Admiral of the Fleet Bruce Austin Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, GCB, KBE (5 February 1888 – 12 February 1981) was a senior Royal Navy officer...
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    The Battle of Cape Matapan (Greek: Ναυμαχία του Ταινάρου) was a naval battle during the Second World War between the Allies, represented by the navies...
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    in the USSR. The action took place in the Barents Sea north of North Cape, Norway. The German raiders' failure to inflict significant losses on the convoy...
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    The Battle of Cape St. Vincent (14 February 1797) was one of the opening battles of the Anglo-Spanish War (1796–1808), as part of the French Revolutionary...
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    The Battle of Cape Ecnomus or Eknomos (Ancient Greek: Ἔκνομος) was a naval battle, fought off southern Sicily, in 256 BC, between the fleets of Carthage...
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    The Battle of Cape St. George was a naval battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II fought on 25 November 1943, between Cape St. George, New Ireland...
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    The Battle of Cape Kaliakra (Kaliakria, Caliacria; Russian: Калиакрийское сражение) was the last naval battle of the Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792). It...
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    17 Naval Battle of Casablanca Battle of the Barents Sea Battle of Sept-Îles Battle of the North Cape Operation Stonewall Battle of the Bay of Biscay Operation...
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    The Battle of Cape Girardeau was a military demonstration of the American Civil War, occurring on April 26, 1863 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The conflict...
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    shells), during the Battle of the River Plate. During the battle of the North Cape, after being ordered to close with and engage the German battleship...
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    The Invasion of the Cape Colony, also known as the Battle of Muizenberg (Dutch: Slag om Muizenberg), was a British military expedition launched in 1795...
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    The Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American...
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    defines the western limit of the strait and the Mediterranean Sea as a line that joins Cape Trafalgar to the north with Cape Spartel to the south. The most...
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    In the Battle of Cape Finisterre (22 July 1805) off Galicia, Spain, the British fleet under Admiral Robert Calder fought an indecisive naval battle against...
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    fleet 468 Cape Bon – Vandals defeat East and West Romans under Basiliscus 551 Sena Gallica – The Byzantines defeat the Ostrogoths 655 Battle of the Masts...
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