Operation Berlin

These photographs were taken during Operation Berlin,a commerce raiding cruise by the German capital ships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst from January to March of 1941.Photos from the album of a radioman of the crew of Gneisenau.

The sinking of the Norwegian freighter Granli

The Norwegian tanker Polykarp was captured and taken to Occupied France by a prize crew

The 4,564- ton freighter Myson was sunk by Gneisenau

The Empire Industry,a 3,648 ton freighter seen over the bow of Gneisenau

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San Casmiro,a Norwegian motor tanker,is captured.The prize crew scuttled when intercepted by HMS Renown

A lifeboat from the Norwegian tanker Bianca alongside
Gneisenau. A prize crew scuttled the ship when intercepted by Royal Navy forces on the journey to Occupied France.

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The Simnia,a British tanker, is sunk

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The last ship to be sunk on March 15,1941,was the Chilean Reefer,a former Danish fruit carrier of 1,739 tons.Soon after these photos were taken,HMS Rodney was detected closing the scene by the radar of Gneisenau