File:Cruisers Admiral Scheer and Prinz Eugen at Lofjord 1942.jpg

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Description Oblique photographic-reconnaissance aerial of the German heavy cruisers Admiral Scheer and Prinz Eugen lying in Lofjord (Drontheim), Norway. Lying in the lee of a snow-covered bluff, nearest the camera, is Admiral Scheer, protected by a torpedo boom. In the middle of the fjord is Prinz Eugen, also protected by a boom, undergoing repairs to her stern and rudder after being seriously damaged by a torpedo fired by HMS Trident (N52) on 23 February 1942. She is attended by the repair vessel Huscaran, tugs and a sheer-legs platform aft, where some 9 m of her after section have been cut away.
Date circa March 1942
date QS:P,+1942-03-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source
This photograph C 5627 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author No. 1 PRU; post-work: Cobatfor

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