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OPENING FIRE ON THE CHARNOS
Gordon Ravenscroft
I joined the Duke of York around the middle of November 1943. We were the first battleship to sail right through to Russia, because Admiral Fraser wanted to discuss tactics with the Russian Admiral based in Murmansk.
The weather was atrocious because we were well above the Artic Circle, and it was winter with not a lot of light and heavy snow showers; very rough weather. Anyone prone to sea sickness would be tested. I was O.K, not too bad at all.
We completed our journey to Murmansk and we were distant cover for the convoy that was homeward bound, but on Boxing Day, the Charnos with six Destroyers, decided to attack the convoy.
In the meantime the convoy escort of the 10th Cruiser Squadron which was, the Norfolk, the Belfast and the Sheffield had already contacted the Charnos by radar and they decided to attack it, particularly the Norfolk, which opened fire with the main armourment and did some damage to the Charnos.
The Charnos in reply fired back and severely damaged the Norfolk, who had twenty five men killed. Then the Charnos realised that it wasn’t going to be an easy…