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Humble, Richard (1974) Hitler’s High Seas Fleet, Pan/Ballantine Books.
Kemp, Paul (1993) Convoy! Drama in Arctic Waters, Arms & Armour Press.
Koop, Gerhard and Peter Schmolke (2001) Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class, Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Ltd.
Pelling, Henry (1999) Winston Churchill, Wordworth Editions.
Pitt, Barrie and Frances (1989) The Chronological Atlas of World War II, MacMillan.
Pope, Dudley 73 North, Weidenfeld & Nicholson.
Ruegg, Bob and Arnold Hague (1993) Convoys to Russia 1941 – 1945, World Ship Society, revised edition.
Slader, John (1995) The Fourth Service, Merchantmen at War 1939 – 45, New Era Writer’s Guild (UK) Ltd.
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Watts, Anthony J. (1999) The Royal Navy: An Illustrated History, Arms & Armour Press, Brockhampton Press.
MAPS
Map A – Movements 28–31 December (PRO. ADM. 234/369)
Map B – Surface actions 08.30–12.00 hrs, 31 December (PRO. ADM. 234/369)
Map C – Surface actions 12.00–13.00 hrs, 31 December (PRO. ADM. 234/369)
Map D – Movements 31 December – 4 January (PRO. ADM. 234/369)
INDEX
Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations
Achates, HMS
engagement with Admiral Hipper
sinks after engagement
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Hipper
captains’ meeting
crew
engagement with British destroyers
engagement with HMS Achates
engagement with HMS Bramble
engagement with HMS Jamaica
engagement with HMS Obedient
engagement with HMS Onslow
engagement with HMS Sheffield
after engagement
damage from first salvoes
entertainment aboard
war service
Admiral Scheer
Aisthorpe, Lieutenant H.C., RNR
Altenfjord
Ark Royal, HMS
Ashanti, HMS
Austen, Lieutenant-Commander N.H.G., DSO, RN
Ayreshire
Ballot
Barents Sea, conditions on board ship
Belford, Smith
Bermuda, HMS
Berwick, HMS
Bismarck
Blankney, HMS
Bonaventure, HMS
Bramble, HMS
British Expeditionary Force
Bulldog, HMS
Burnett, Rear-Admiral Robert
Calobre
Chester Valley
Chiddingfold, HMS
Churchill, Winston
memo to General Sir Hastings Ismay, 17 May 1942
minute from Admiralty, 22 November 1942
cable to Stalin, 24 November 1942
Circe, HMS
City of Flint
convoy escort, life aboard Royal Navy ship
convoys
Excess
JW51A
JW51B
31 December 1942
attacked byützow
JW53
JW55B
PQ1
PQ8, 9, 10 and
PQ16
PQ17
PQ18
PQ19
QP14
RA51
Russian
SLS64
WS5A
Cripps, Sir Stafford
Cunningham, Admiral
Daldorch, SS
Denmark, invasion of
Destroyer Flotilla, 5th (laterh) (German)
Destroyer Flotilla, 17th (Royal Navy)
situation at.30 hrs, 31
December 1942
Deutschland seeützow
Doenitz, Admiral Karl
Dogina, Nurse Antonia
Dombass
Donovan, Connie
Donovan, Enid
Donovan, 2nd Lt (later Lieutenant-Commander) John Patrick ‘Paddy’, MBE, RN
Donovan, Mick
Donovan, Tim
Dover Hill
Duke of York, HMS
Edinburgh, HMS
Emden
Empire Archer
Empire Emerald
Enigma codesee also Ultra decrypts
Executive
Fiji class cruisers
Finland, surrender of
Flower class corvettes
Force ‘H’
Force ‘R’
engagement withützow and Admiral Hipper
Fraser, Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce
Friedrich Eckholdt
engagement with HMS Sheffield
Geneva conference 1927
Gloucester, HMS
Glowworm, HMS
Gneisenau
Goeder, Dr Martin
Goering, Reichsmarschall Hermann
Graph, HMS
Hall, Coxswain Daniel
Hamilton, Rear-Admiral
Hanko Peninsula
Hartmann, Kapitän zur See Hans
Hengel, Johann
Herschelb, Kapitänleutnant Karl-Heinz
Hess, Engineering Lance Corporal Heinz
Hitler, Adolf
belief that heavy ships should be scrapped
intentions for German fleet
launches Operation Barbarossa
Home Fleet battle group
Hood, Lieutenant Maurice
Howe, HMS
Hutton, Midshipman (later Captain) Michael, OBE, RN
Hyderabad, RIN
Illustrious, HMS
Jamaica, HMS
engagement with Admiral Hipper
war service
Jefferson Myers, SS
John H.B. Latrobe
Johns, Lieutenant-Commander A.H.T., RN
Kaiser, Lieutenant-Commander Heinrich
Karelian Isthmus
Karls, Admiral Rolf
Keitel, Field Marshal
Kent, HMS
King George, HMS
Kinloch, Lieutenant-Commander.C., RN
Kluber, Admiral
Kola Inlet
Köln
Krancke, Admiral
Kriegsmarinesee also Destroyer Flotilla, 5th
Kummetz, Vice-Admiral Oskar
intended battle tactics
appreciation of position at 02.00 hrs, 31 December 1942
report on Royal Navy tactics
decision to withdraw after Admiral Hipper hit
reports of battle
Latona, HMS
Ledbury, HMS
Leipzig
Liberty ships
life-saving equipment
Loch Ewe
London conference 1930
London Naval Treaty 1937
Lorenz W. Hansen, SS
Luftwaffe
Fliegerkorps X
Lützow (previously Deutschland)
attacks convoy JW51B
engagement with HMS Orwell
engagement with HMS Sheffield
orders after battlesee also operations, Aurora
war service
Maasz class destroyers
MacFarlane, James (ship’s doctor)
Maisky, M.
Malaya, HMS
Malta
Marchant, Lieutenant-Commander Thomas
Matabele, HMS
Matchless, HMS
Mayen,
Fahnrich zur See Horst
Merchant Marine
Murmansk
Mussolini, Benito
NKVD (secret police)
Narvik class destroyers
Narvikfjord
naval arms race
Nelson, HMS
No.78
Norfolk, HMS
Northern Gem
Norway, invasion of
Norway, Northern
Nurnberg
‘O’ class destroyers
Obdurate, HMS
Obedient, HMS
engagement with Admiral Hipper
Onslow, Commander Richard
Onslow, HMS
engagement with Admiral Hipper
after engagement
operations
Aurora
Barbarossa
Halberd
Regenbogen
Rosselsprung
Torch
Opportune, HMS
Oribi, HMS
Orwell, HMS
engagement withützow
Pawel, Second Boiler Engineer Dr (Eng.) von
Peyton-Jones, Lieutenant (later
Commander) Loftus E., DSC,
DSO, RN
Poland, invasion of
Polyarnoe
Pontfield
Pound, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley
Prinz Eugen
Puerto Rican
radar in naval ships
Radcliffe, Captain A.V., RNR
Raeder, Grand Admiral Dr Erich
offers resignation
Rainer, Leutnant E.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Red Army
Renown, HMS
Rhead, Eric
Rhododendron, HMS
Richard Beitzen
Richter, Maschinenmaat Helmut
Rodney, HMS
Roope, Lieutenant-Commander, VC
Roosevelt, President Theodore
Royal Navy see Destroyer Flotilla, 17th; Home Fleet battle group; Western Escort Group
Russian nurses
Russian offensivesee also Red Army; Soviet industry, dispersion of
SS Einsatzgruppen
Sayers, Lieutenant-Commander.A., RN
Schafer, Engineer Officer Fregattenkapitän (Eng.)
Scharnhorst
Schemmel, Flotilla Commander
Schmitz, Josef
Seidisfjord
Sheffield, HMS
‘A’ turret crew
crew
engagement with Admiral Hipper
engagement with Friedrich Eckholdt
engagement withützow
war service
Sherbrooke, Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Robert St Vincent, VC, DSO, RN
Somerville, Admiral Sir James
Southampton, HMS
Southampton class cruisers (later Town class)
Soviet industry, dispersion of see also Red Army; Russian offensive
Spearfish, HMS
Stalin, Joseph
Stange, Kapitän zur See Rudolf
Stonegate, SS
Storey, Captain Jocelyn Latham, RN
tanks, Matilda
Taylor, Yeoman Albert
Theodor Riedel
Tirpitz
Tovey, Admiral
Town class cruisers (previously Southampton class)
Treaty of Versailles
Trondheim Fjord
Twiddy, Midshipman (later Lieutenant-Commander) Albert, DSC, RN
U354
U626
U-boats
Ultra decryptssee also Enigma code
United States enters the war
Vaenga
Vermont
Vesnicheva, Nurse Anya
Victorious, HMS
Viipuri
Vizalma
Walter, Engineering Mate Gunther
Walton, Engineer Lieutenant Kevin
Warspite, HMS
Washington conference 1921
Washington Naval Agreement 1922
Watkin, Acting (later Leading) Stoker Walter
Weichert, Vice-Admiral
Western Escort Group
Wolfschanze (Hitler’s headquarters)
Wright, Chief Engineer Peter
Yorkmar
Z Plan
Z27
Z29
Z30
Z31
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Footnotes
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1 Toland, John (1997) Hitler, Wordsworth Editions.
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2 Ibid.
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3 Pitt, Barrie & Francis (1998) The Chronological Atlas of W.W.II, Bookmart Edition.
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4 Ibid.
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5 Pelling, Henry (1999) Winston Churchill, Wordsworth Editions.
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6 PRO. PREM 3/395.
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7 Ibid.
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8 Ibid.
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9 Ibid.
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a From this point on ‘miles’ will refer to nautical miles, with the appropriate metric conversion, unless otherwise stated.
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10 PRO. PREM 3/393.
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11 PRO. ADM 234/369.
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12 The name given to decodes of German radio traffic, sent by operators using the Enigma coding machine. Believed by the Germans to be unbreakable, but cracked by British codebreakers at Bletchley Park. The German B dienst teams performed a similar service and had successes against British naval codes.
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13 PRO. ADM 234/340.
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14 PRO. ADM 234/369.
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15 PRO. ADM 234/340.
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16 PRO. ADM 234/369.
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17 Ibid.
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18 Ibid.
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19 Watts, Anthony J. (1999) The Royal Navy, An Illustrated History, Brockhampton Press.
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20 PRO. PREM 3/393.
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21 PRO. ADM 234/369.
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22 Ibid.
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23 PRO. ADM 116/5307.
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24 AHB/II/117/3(B), p. 270–1, quoted in Terraine, John (1997) The Right of the Line, Wordsworth Editions.
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b Anti-submarine detection equipment developed between the wars by the Anglo-French Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee.
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1 PRO. ADM 199/1104.
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2 Lt-Cdr Donovan, in conversation with the author.
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3 Ibid.
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