Word: nordkapp
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Next morning the huntress was near her best stalking ground. That afternoon she made her strike and closed, somewhere above the Nordkapp (North Cape), on the uppermost tip of Norway. But she found a battle, not a slaughter. The convoy she fell in with was under escort of strong forces of the British Home Fleet. Then began a long, furious, desperate running fight, as the hostile ships turned and maneuvered, while big guns thundered and baleful orange flashes cut through the grey atmosphere. Darkness brought no respite; the killers closed in; some hours later the proud Scharnhorst took her death...
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