The 'Ancient' British Battlecruiser That Made Two German Capital Ships Run Away
Published April 20, 2026
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Outnumbered two to one. Outgunned eighteen barrels to six. She attacked anyway. On 9 April 1940, off the Lofoten Islands in a Force 8 gale, the 24-year-old British battlecruiser HMS Renown sighted two of the newest capital ships in the Kriegsmarine — Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Ninety minutes later, Germany's pride was …
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