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Ivan Berryman Art  Royal Navy Cruisers  HMS Norfolk |
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HMS Norfolk  Launched : 12th December 1928 HMS Norfolk was built at Fairfield Shipbuilding yard, launched 12th December 1928 and completed 30th April 1930. She was part of a two-ship class which included HMS Dorsetshire. She carried a seaplane in 1931 and had a catapult added in 1932. At the outbreak of the Second World War, HMS Norfolk served in the Home Fleet from 1939 to 1945. She took part in the final action against the Bismarck firing 527 8-inch shells and eight torpedoes. HMS Norfolk also took part in the action against the Scharnhorst when she was hit by two 11-inch shells, one of which went through the X ring bulkhead and went overboard without exploding. Scrapped 1950 |
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HMS Hood Passing Under the Forth Rail Bridge by Ivan Berryman. HMS Hood passes beneath the forth Bridge on her way to Rosyth during one of her many visits to the Firth in the 1930s. the cruiser HMS Norfolk lies at anchor in the middle distance. |
HMS Norfolk at the Battle of the North Cape by Ivan Berryman. HMS Norfolk and HMS Belfast of Force I are shown engaging the Scharnhorst which has already been hit and disabled by both HMS Duke of York and the cruiser HMS Jamaica. Scharnhorst was never to escape the clutches of the British and Norwegian forces for, having been slowed to just a few knots by numerous hits, fell victim to repeated torpedo attacks by the allied cruisers and destroyers that had trapped the German marauder. |
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