While the damage was being repaired, a new radar system was installed aft, the power output for the forward radar was increased to 100kW, and the 53.3cm torpedo tubes were installed. Admiral Hipper and the destroyers were sent to destroy Orama, a 19,500 long tons (19,800t) passenger ship, while Atlantis, a hospital ship, was allowed to proceed unmolested. [16], At 09:15 the following morning, Admiral Hipper was detached to reinforce the destroyers at Narvik, which had reported engaging British forces. Gneisenau was hit twice in the opening portion of the engagement, and one shell disabled her rear gun turret. Try again later. Friedrich Scharnhorst in Neustadt, reviews by real people. The second and third turbines were restarted at 15:55 and 16:01, respectively, which permitted a speed of 27 knots (50km/h; 31mph). [63], Scharnhorst and her five destroyers left port at around 19:00 and were in the open sea four hours later. [13] Mechanical problems with her starboard turbines developed after running at full speed, which forced the ships to reduce speed to 25 knots (46km/h; 29mph). The design also enabled the ship to be up-gunned with six 15-inch guns, which never took place. Scharnhorst lacked pedigree, and with his massive head and sturdy body looked nothing like the dashing aristocratic officers who still dominated the Prussian Army. He chose the Cape Town-Gibraltar convoy route, and positioned himself to the northwest of Cape Verde. [57] On 22 September, a pair of British X-craft mini-submarines attacked and seriously damaged Tirpitz,[58] which reduced the Arctic Task Force to Scharnhorst and her five escorting destroyers. Partial power was eventually restored to the starboard turbine, which allowed speed to be increased to 14 knots (26km/h; 16mph). The second torpedo hit the ship on the port side and caused some minor flooding, and the third struck toward the rear of the ship and damaged the port propeller shaft. The next day, Scharnhorst left Stavanger for Kiel, where repairs were carried out, lasting some six months. A system error has occurred. Shortly after 08:30 on 8 February, lookouts spotted convoy HX 106, escorted by the battleship Ramillies. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Have a response or an idea for your own article? During operations off Norway, the two ships engaged the battlecruiser HMSRenown and sank the aircraft carrier HMSGlorious as well as her escort destroyers Acasta and Ardent. [11] Scharnhorst was commissioned into the fleet on 9 January for sea trials,[12] which revealed a dangerous tendency to ship considerable amounts of water in heavy seas. Learn more about merges. Charles Edward White. By 07:15, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had used their superior speed to escape from the pursuing Renown. As a result, she went back to the dockyard for extensive modification of the bow. [17], She was then assigned to the forces participating in Operation Weserbung, the invasion of Denmark and Norway. [54], On 22 March, Scharnhorst, Tirpitz, and Ltzow steamed to Altafjord for repairs to damage incurred in heavy storms. [67] By 12:00, Scharnhorst was to the northeast of the convoy, but Belfast had reestablished radar contact; it took the cruisers twenty minutes to close the range and begin firing. On 13 June, Ark Royal launched fifteen Skua dive bombers; German fighters intercepted the attackers and shot eight of them down. Her main battery turrets had 360mm (14in) of armor on their faces and 200mm (7.9in) on their sides. In early 1813, with Napoleons return to Central Europe and the Tsars troops in hot pursuit, Prussia faced a perilous choice. 1799/1800 (11./12. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. [31] One of the surviving ships radioed the location of the German battleships, which summoned the powerful British battleships Rodney and King George V. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau used their high speed to escape in a squall, and the intervention by the British battleships convinced Ltjens that the chances of further success were small. The modifications were completed by November 1939, by which time the ship was finally fully operational. After several more torpedo hits, Scharnhorst settled further into the water and began to list to starboard. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. By 08:00, Scharnhorst had reached the Jade Bight but ice prevented the ship from entering Wilhelmshaven. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. Temporary repairs allowed Scharnhorst to return to 22 knots (41km/h; 25mph). The two ships were forced to put into port during the storm: Scharnhorst went to Gotenhafen while Gneisenau went to Kiel for repairs. Scharnhorst harbored a deep conviction that education and knowledge could empower officers and help them navigate a complex field. It caused significant damage to the ship's propulsion system and slowed the ship to 8 knots (15km/h; 9.2mph). Though the text is just two paragraphs long, it represents some of his most enduring concepts. [7] Schoy, General Gerhard von Scharnhorst, 6. In his biography of Clausewitz, Peter Paret offers a summary of Scharnhorsts life and ideas: Peter Paret, Clausewitz and the State:The Man, His Theories, and His Times (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1985 ), 56-77. At around the time the last turbine was restarted, a single bomber dropped several bombs approximately 90m (98yd) off Scharnhorst's port side, which caused no damage. The 15 Halifaxes attacked Scharnhorst at her moorings. Even Clausewitz, his most adoring student openly commented on the matter: Scharnhorsts speech was actually clumsyA long-winded, vague, and halting speaker was the first impressionElegant society, not excepting some able and intelligent men, considered him a dry scholar and pedant; the army took him for an indecisive, impractical, unmilitary scribbler.[8]. [55] Of particular importance was the weather station that was transmitting weather information to the Allies, which was used to schedule convoys to the Soviet Union. 0 cemeteries found in Concordia, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35136105/friedrich-fritz-scharnhorst. Captain Otto Ciliax , Captain of the German battleship 'Scharnhorst', carries out an inspection of the crew, circa 1939. The only book-length study of Scharnhorsts legacy in English, Charles Edward Whites The Enlightened Soldier: Scharnhorst and the Militrische Gesellschaft in Berlin, 1801-1805, offers sizable extracts out of his writings. The convoy was spotted again two days later, and it was determined that the course was definitively toward the Soviet Union. Ltjens' orders prohibited him from engaging Allied capital ships, and so the attack was called off. [18] Paret, Clausewitz and the State, 235. Only the centerline shaft was operational, which permitted a speed of only 10 knots (19km/h; 12mph). In his first year, Lieutenant Clausewitz almost failed the course, for his formal education was rather spotty as he had left school before the age of twelve to participate as a boy-soldier in the First Revolutionary War. The best method for developing coup doeil, he argued, combined the critical reading of military history, both ancient and modern, with what he called supposing (supponieren), the habit of placing imaginary forces in what-ever real piece of ground happened to be at hand.[6]. When the French Revolution shook Europe in 1789 and the subsequent First Revolutionary War (1792-1795) thrust the continent into twenty-three years of bloodshed, Scharnhorst had the fame of a great expert. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. In the classroom, Scharnhorst emphasized the need for young military professionals to develop their abilities, based on solid education and independent thinking, to face complex and unexpected problems. According to Clausewitz, Scharnhorst was one of the first to realize that most of the key technological and tactical changes were present before the French Revolution; it was the political upheaval that multiplied their destructive capacities. The Enlightened Soldier: Scharnhorst and the Militarische Gesellschaft in Berlin, 1801-1805. Becke Margarethe Gloistein (geb. These rescue operations were interrupted by the appearance of the cruiser Newcastle. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau operated together for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties into the Atlantic to raid British merchant shipping. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each person's profile. Scharnhorst sank two ships. While furthering his own education, "learning by teaching" is Michael Schoy's phrase, he gained a reputation as a pioneering military educator. [21], At 17:45, the German battleships spotted the British aircraft carrier Glorious and two escorting destroyers, Ardent and Acasta, at a range of some 40,000m (44,000yd; 25mi). This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. Geni requires JavaScript! This was in accordance with the "hail of fire" theory, which emphasized smaller, rapid firing guns over larger and slower guns. [15] Later, in the 1813-1814 Campaign, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Boyen, Grolman, and Clausewitz would be deployed as chiefs of staff for various armies and corps and prove the systems viability. There was an error deleting this problem. Several days later, the main body of the convoy was located, and Scharnhorst sank another seven ships totaling 27,277 tons. Learn more about managing a memorial . [26] After approximately an hour of shooting, the German battleships sent Glorious to the bottom. Friedrichlived in 1832, at address. Landline number (734) 769-8259 . The so-called "Channel Dash", codenamed Operation Cerberus, would avoid the increasingly effective Allied radar and patrol aircraft in the Atlantic. Two days later, Scharnhorst went to Kiel for permanent repairs. Scharnhorst steamed to Gotenhafen in late October for a new rudder, the design of which was based on the lessons learned from the torpedoing of Prinz Eugen and Ltzow earlier in the year. Follow the logo below, and you too can contribute toThe Bridge: Enjoy what you just read? [7] He also began publishing journals, first Militair Bibliothek (1782-1784), then Bibliothek fr Officiere (1785), and finally the most famous, Neues Militrisches Journal (1797-1805), aiming at those interested in broadening their understanding of the military profession. Napoleon expected that a series of fast defeats and costly battles would knock either Russia or Prussia out of the war, but they did not falter. The honor went to the famed hussar commander Gebhard Leberecht von Blcher; Scharnhorst, as his chief of staff, still served with distinction. At 18:32 Scharnhorst (as the closer ship) opened fire with her main armament on Glorious, at a range of 26,000m (28,000yd; 16mi). [20] Clausewitz provides a clear description of his mentors approach: Diffuseness was therefore never in evidence in his written work, for he kept correcting and revising his text until his exceptionally precise mind was entirely satisfied and not one word seemed out of place.[21] Neither did Scharnhorst make use of the vivid metaphors for which his student became famous. The Germans reached Wilhelmshaven on 27 November, and on the trip both battleships incurred significant damage from heavy seas and winds. She did not return to Brest to avoid an undesirable concentration of heavy units in one port (the Prinz Eugen had arrived there on 21 July) but moored alongside at La Pallice on 23 July. Erich Bey, by now promoted to Konteradmiral, was given command of the task force. Oops, we were unable to send the email. The German force quickly fled north before using inclement weather to make the dash south through the North Sea. The Germans' radar detected the British at long range, which allowed Ltjens to avoid the British patrols, with the aid of a squall. In 1800, he accepted Friedrich Wilhelm IIIs offer of elevation to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and ennoblement. It too failed to detonate, and passed through the side of the hull, which was not protected by the main armor belt. Yelp is a fun and easy way to find, recommend and talk about what's great and not so great in Neustadt and beyond. Navigating Prussias rigid social system proved to be just as treacherous. Liaison officers were present on all three ships. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. [50], While the ship was immobilized, Admiral Ciliax transferred to Z29. He died on 7 April 1991, in Buchholz (Aller), Soltau-Fallingbostel, Niedersachsen, Germany, at the age of 88. His humble origins, however, made this impossible in the Hanoverian Army. Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (1755-1813) was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars. Estorff recognized Scharnhorsts talents and appointed the young officer as an instructor at the regimental school he had created in 1770. [47] The fighters flew at masthead-height to avoid detection by the British radar network. You can find a more recent study of Clausewitz and his relationship with Scharnhorst in Donald Stokers biography of Clausewitz too, Donald Stoker, Clausewitz: His Life and Work (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), 28-32, 73-77 and 151-165. Forced to take refuge in the furthest corner of his state, the city of Kningberg in East Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm finally embraced a far-reaching reform agenda. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. [15] Reinhard Hhn, Scharnhorsts Vermchtnis (Frankfurt am Main: Bernard&Graefe Verlag, 1972), 312-313. Mobile number (517) 944-0346 . Try again later. He is a male registered to vote in Ingham County, Michigan. The ship was now fighting with only two-thirds of her main battery. New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry merges family secrets with suspense on the world stage, as darkness bubbles under the surface of a Europe on the brink of change. [15] Scharnhorst was repaired in Wilhelmshaven, and while in dock, her boilers were overhauled. Year should not be greater than current year. Friedrich Wilhelm did not appoint him as the commander of the main Prussian Army fighting Napoleon in Silesia. [57] The Germans were concerned with developments in Allied radar-directed fire control, which allowed British battleships to fire with great accuracy in the darkness; German radar capabilities lagged behind those of their opponents. Scharnhorst displaced 32,100 long tons (32,600t) at standard displacement and 38,100 long tons (38,700t) at full load. The shell struck the carrier's upper hangar and started a large fire. Friedrich Philipp Scharnhorst (1666 - Unknown) How do we create a person's profile? [32] Scharnhorst managed to sink only one ship during the encounter, the 6000 ton tanker Lustrous. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. [15] During the brief engagement, Rawalpindi managed to score a hit on Scharnhorst, which caused minor splinter damage. Scharnhorst's commander, KzS Hoffmann, however, closed to 23,000m (25,000yd) in an attempt to lure Ramillies away from the convoy so that Gneisenau could attack the convoy. Admiral Wilhelm Marschall, aboard Gneisenau, ordered Scharnhorst to pick up survivors. [45] The British failed to detect their departure, as the submarine that had been tasked with observing the port had withdrawn to recharge its batteries. The British carried out a series of attacks that were all unsuccessful; Scharnhorst's anti-aircraft guns were red-hot by the end of the action, and one 20mm gun had burst from the strain. [73] One torpedo exploded abreast of turret Bruno, which caused it to jam. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. Age: 43 years old. As Acasta sank, one of the 4 torpedoes she had fired hit Scharnhorst at 19:39. In 1800, he accepted Friedrich Wilhelm III's offer of elevation to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and ennoblement. Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Learn more about merges. You cannot merge a memorial into itself. The explosion killed or injured 34 men and prompted the crew to flood the magazines for turret Caesar as a precaution against a magazine explosion. ADS VIEW EMAIL ADDRESSES . Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Trevor N. Dupuy. based on information from your browser. Malaya turned on the two battleships and closed to 24,000m (26,000yd), well within the range of the Germans' guns, but Ltjens refused to be drawn into an engagement. Thanks for your help! Richard John Scharnhorst was born on month day 1895, at birth place, Illinois. At 16:50, Duke of York opened fire at a range of 11,000m (12,000yd); Scharnhorst quickly returned the fire. Invalid memorial. While his position as a mentor to Clausewitz is of no small significance, Scharnhorst deserves recognition for his ideas, and they should be studied in their own right. The ship had an armored deck that was 20 to 40mm (0.79 to 1.57in) thick on the flat portion, increasing to 105mm (4.1in) on downward-sloping sides that connected to the bottom of the belt. [64] The battleship was hit twice by 20.3cm (8in) shells; the first failed to explode and caused negligible damage, but the second struck the forward rangefinders and destroyed the radar antenna. and trans. Friedrich Buchardt - Member of the Einsatzgruppen death squads, who started off grading people on their Germanness and then progressed to outright genocide. An educated officer, in Scharnhorsts view, was an empowered officer. The Halifax heavy bombers of No. [53], Scharnhorst, Tirpitz, and nine destroyers embarked from Altafjord on an offensive on 6 September known as Operation Zitronella; the ships were tasked with bombarding the island of Spitzbergen. A severe storm off Bergen forced the destroyers to seek shelter but Scharnhorst was able to continue on at the reduced speed of 17 knots (31km/h; 20mph). Unlike his more famous student Clausewitz, he preferred composing short essays and often sought to publish them quickly as a way to engage in ongoing debates. Plans to replace these weapons with six 38cm (15in) SK C/34 guns in twin turrets were never carried out. He was, in fact, born in the Electorate of Brunswick-Lneburg (better known by its most important city Hanover), and not Prussia, on November 12, 1775. [4], She was armed with a main battery of nine 28cm (11.1in) L/54.5 guns arranged in three triple gun turrets: two turrets were placed forward in a superfiring arrangement (Anton and Bruno), and one aft (Caesar). This account has been disabled. [14] Trevor N. Dupuy, A Genius For War: The German Army And General Staff, 18071945 (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1977),24. [40][41][42], Two of the 454kg bombs hit amidships between the 15cm and 10.5cm gun turrets; both failed to explode and instead penetrated the ship completely. The Royal Navy joined in the attacks on the ship by sending the battleship Rodney and the aircraft carrier Ark Royal. Please enter a valid Memorial ID. The first went through each deck and exited the ship through the double bottom, while the other was deflected by the torpedo bulkhead and penetrated the hull beneath the side belt armor. Birth: 18 Nov 1880: Death: 7 Jul 1887 (aged 6) Warren County, Missouri, USA . Friedrich Wilhelm also failed to embrace Scharnhorsts bold ideas for military reform. Sorry! Blamed for the disaster at Jena-Auerstedt Prussias aging military brass was pushed out of the service in a swift and shocking move. [21] The purpose of the sortie was to interrupt Allied efforts to resupply the Norwegians and to relieve the pressure on German troops fighting in Norway. ", At 18:42, Duke of York ceased fire, having fired 52 salvos and having scored at least 13 hits, but Scharnhorst was pulling away. [43], The strategic position following the damage to Scharnhorst was serious. [29] The ship's machinery was also significantly damaged by the flooding, and the starboard propeller shaft was destroyed. The ship reached Brest later that day and went into dry dock for repairs, which took 4 months. The most famous act of the turbulent era, the Oktoberedikt from 1807, aimed at overhauling the ineffective and backward Prussian agrarian system and releasing the economic and patriotic energies of its subjects. [4], At her commissioning, Scharnhorst was commanded by Kapitn zur See (KzS) Otto Ciliax. The RAF had planned a large, complicated raid on the capital ships in Brest for the night[citation needed] of 24 July, but an aerial reconnaissance photograph[37] of Scharnhorst in her berth at La Pallice caused a last minute alteration to the operation. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Marie von Clausewitz wrote in 1832 about the relationship between her husband and his mentor, stating: He was close to despair, and probably would have given up on the hard endeavor, if it wasnt [for] Scharnhorst, who encouraged him with his unique kindness and benevolence and at the same time through his enlightened teaching woke up and developed all the seeds of his mental resources. There she joined Gneisenau, in preparation for Operation Berlin, a planned raid into the Atlantic Ocean designed to wreak havoc on the Allied shipping lanes. To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. Yet Napoleons general staff remained an organization built around his personal needs, without continuity and authority of its own. [52] Another attempt to reach Norway was canceled under similar circumstances. We encourage you to research and examine these records to determine their accuracy. [51] The shock damaged the rotating parts of all of the ship's gun turrets, and three of the 15cm turrets were seriously jammed. They were detected in the Skagerrak and the heavy units of the British Home Fleet deployed to cover the passage between Iceland and the Faroes. In 1808, Prince August became the head of the Prussian artillery and together with Scharnhorst worked on reorganizing and modernizing the branch. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. [64], An hour after making the turn, Bey deployed his destroyers in a line screening Scharnhorst, which remained 10nmi (19km; 12mi) behind. Damage-control teams managed to correct the list with counter-flooding, and although draft increased by 1m (3.3ft), Scharnhorst was able to leave for Brest at 19:30. The other seven made it past the air defenses and attacked Scharnhorst, but only scored one hit, and the bomb failed to detonate. No one knew how well he would perform in a real war, however. Scharnhorst was a prominent World War 2 capital ship, the lead of her class, cited as either a light battleship or a battlecruiser. In the Seven Years War (1757-1763), Count Wilhelm commanded the allied artillery of Prussia, Hanover, England, and Schaumburg-Lippe, and also played a significant role in the French defeat in the Battle of Minden in 1759. The few instances of this personal experience now become the yardstick, and all similar occurrences are judged according to them, even if the circumstances and the results are marked by a greater diversity. Johann HeinrichDietrich Friedrich Scharnhorst (1812 - 1889) Photos: 5 Records: 45 Born in Eilvese, Kreis Hannover, Deutschalnd on 19 NOV 1812 to Johann Heinrich Scharnhorst and Dorothee Jrgens. The explosion caused splinter damage and disabled the ammunition hoists for the 37mm anti-aircraft guns. Husband of Margrete Scharnhorst This caused flooding in the bow and damaged electrical systems in the forward gun turret. by Johannes Kunisch, Michael Sikora, etc., Vol. Prussia was still in the midst of its decade of neutrality, when after the Peace of Basel in 1795 it observed from a safer distance the continuing Revolutionary Wars and the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Scharnhorst believed in military historys crucial role in the education of military professionals, for it could provide them with an opportunity to study wars complex conditions. Verify and try again. The ship was built at the Kriegsmarinewerft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven; she was laid down on 15 June 1935 and launched a year and four months later on 3 October 1936. 2015-4 as an independent and autonomous entity within MDHHS. Career overview - years in numbers In June 1794, he was promoted to Major and appointed as a staff officer at the Hanoverian headquarters. Header Image: Portrait of General Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst painted by the Circle of Friedrich Bury (Wikimedia). There are no volunteers for this cemetery. The mine briefly knocked out the power system and temporarily disabled the rudders. A Discussion of the Main Reasons for the French Successes in the Revolutionary Wars and Especially in the Campaign of 1794, perhaps his most famous and consequential treatise from 1797, is merely forty pages long, for example. Clausewitz, as Donald Stoker states, thoroughly imbibed the history-based analytical method of Scharnhorst.[19]. [52], In early August 1942, Scharnhorst conducted exercises in cooperation with several U-boats. [8] Carl von Clausewitz, On the Life and Character of Scharnhorst. in Historical and Political Writings, ed. Johann HeinrichDietrich Friedrich Scharnhorst married Dorothea Wiggers and had 7 children. Father of Hinrich Scharnhorst; Jochen Scharnhorst; Becke Margarethe Gloistein and Engelbert Scharnhorst. By a streak of good luck, Carl von Clausewitz belonged to Scharnhorsts first class at the Kriegsakademie. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. Hannahwas born in February 1840, in Germany. [13], By 17:16, Rawalpindi was burning badly and in the process of sinking. At 03:19, Bey received instructions from the Fleet Command that Scharnhorst was to conduct the attack alone if heavy seas interfered with the destroyers' ability to fight. The two ships encountered convoy SL 67,[33] escorted by the battleship Malaya, on 8 March. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. [19], Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had reached a point north-west of Lofoten, Norway, by 12:00 on 9 April. GREAT NEWS! Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? by Peter Paret and Daniel Moran. [7] The hull lies upside down on the seabed, with debris, including the main mast and rangefinders, scattered around the wreck. Finally promoted to Artillery Captain at age thirty-sixa circumstance largely due to his non-aristocratic originsScharnhorst proved his mettle against French Revolutionary forces in the defense of Menen in present-day Belgium. Scharnhorst was, first and foremost, a military educator seeking to instruct and inspire the average officer who might never rise to the professions top or grow to become a shrewd strategic thinker, but still strived to give his best. In 1783, when a new artillery school was established in Hanover, Scharnhorst was appointed an instructor there. The short essay below was written in 1804, in the bitter years before Scharnhorsts ideas became an accepted reform agenda. Echoing his mentors approach to teaching in On War, Clausewitz wrote that theory is meant to educate the mind of the future commander, or, more accurately, to guide him in his self-education, not to accompany him to the battlefield; just as a wise teacher guides and stimulates a young mans intellectual development, but is careful not to lead him by the hand for the rest of his life.[10]. Memorial ID. 866-428-0005. He therefore decided to head for Brest in occupied France, which the ships reached on 22 March. In early 1943, Scharnhorst joined the Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz in Norway to interdict Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. HMS Jamaica var en ltt kryssare av Fiji-klass i Royal Navy som frdigstlldes under andra vrldskriget.Hon var uppkallad efter den brittiska kolonin Jamaica.Fartyget tillbringade nstan hela sin krigskarrir i arktiska konvojer, med undantag fr en insats sderut fr landstigningarna i Nordafrika i november 1942. 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