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Red Sky in the Morning

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by Michael Pearson


  SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

  Behrens, C.B.A. (1955) History of the Second World War: Merchant Shipping and the Demands of War, HMSO.

  Bekker, Cajus (1974) The German Navy 1939 – 45, Reed International Books Ltd.

  Bekker, Cajus (1974) Hitler’s Naval War MacDonald & Jane’s.

  Brennecke, Jochen Eismeer, Atlantik, Ostsee, German Publication.

  Humble, Richard (1974) Hitler’s High Seas Fleet, Pan/Ballantine Books.

  Kemp, Paul (1993) Convoy! Drama in Arctic Waters, Arms & Armour Press.

  Koop, Gerhard and Peter Schmolke (2001) Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class, Greenhill Books, Lionel Leventhal Ltd.

  Pelling, Henry (1999) Winston Churchill, Wordworth Editions.

  Pitt, Barrie and Frances (1989) The Chronological Atlas of World War II, MacMillan.

  Pope, Dudley 73 North, Weidenfeld & Nicholson.

  Ruegg, Bob and Arnold Hague (1993) Convoys to Russia 1941 – 1945, World Ship Society, revised edition.

  Slader, John (1995) The Fourth Service, Merchantmen at War 1939 – 45, New Era Writer’s Guild (UK) Ltd.

  Smith, Michael (2000) Station X, Channel 4 Books.

  Toland, John (1997) Hitler, Wordsworth Editions.

  van der Vat, Dan (1988) The Atlantic Campaign, The Great Struggle at Sea 1939 – 1945, Hodder and Stoughton.

  Watts, Anthony J. (1999) The Royal Navy: An Illustrated History, Arms & Armour Press, Brockhampton Press.

  MAPS

  Map A – Movements 28–31 December (PRO. ADM. 234/369)

  Map B – Surface actions 08.30–12.00 hrs, 31 December (PRO. ADM. 234/369)

  Map C – Surface actions 12.00–13.00 hrs, 31 December (PRO. ADM. 234/369)

  Map D – Movements 31 December – 4 January (PRO. ADM. 234/369)

  INDEX

  Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations

  Achates, HMS

  engagement with Admiral Hipper

  sinks after engagement

  Admiral Graf Spee

  Admiral Hipper

  captains’ meeting

  crew

  engagement with British destroyers

  engagement with HMS Achates

  engagement with HMS Bramble

  engagement with HMS Jamaica

  engagement with HMS Obedient

  engagement with HMS Onslow

  engagement with HMS Sheffield

  after engagement

  damage from first salvoes

  entertainment aboard

  war service

  Admiral Scheer

  Aisthorpe, Lieutenant H.C., RNR

  Altenfjord

  Ark Royal, HMS

  Ashanti, HMS

  Austen, Lieutenant-Commander N.H.G., DSO, RN

  Ayreshire

  Ballot

  Barents Sea, conditions on board ship

  Belford, Smith

  Bermuda, HMS

  Berwick, HMS

  Bismarck

  Blankney, HMS

  Bonaventure, HMS

  Bramble, HMS

  British Expeditionary Force

  Bulldog, HMS

  Burnett, Rear-Admiral Robert

  Calobre

  Chester Valley

  Chiddingfold, HMS

  Churchill, Winston

  memo to General Sir Hastings Ismay, 17 May 1942

  minute from Admiralty, 22 November 1942

  cable to Stalin, 24 November 1942

  Circe, HMS

  City of Flint

  convoy escort, life aboard Royal Navy ship

  convoys

  Excess

  JW51A

  JW51B

  31 December 1942

  attacked byützow

  JW53

  JW55B

  PQ1

  PQ8, 9, 10 and

  PQ16

  PQ17

  PQ18

  PQ19

  QP14

  RA51

  Russian

  SLS64

  WS5A

  Cripps, Sir Stafford

  Cunningham, Admiral

  Daldorch, SS

  Denmark, invasion of

  Destroyer Flotilla, 5th (laterh) (German)

  Destroyer Flotilla, 17th (Royal Navy)

  situation at.30 hrs, 31

  December 1942

  Deutschland seeützow

  Doenitz, Admiral Karl

  Dogina, Nurse Antonia

  Dombass

  Donovan, Connie

  Donovan, Enid

  Donovan, 2nd Lt (later Lieutenant-Commander) John Patrick ‘Paddy’, MBE, RN

  Donovan, Mick

  Donovan, Tim

  Dover Hill

  Duke of York, HMS

  Dunedin, HMS

  Edinburgh, HMS

  Emden

  Empire Archer

  Empire Emerald

  Enigma codesee also Ultra decrypts

  Executive

  Fiji class cruisers

  Finland, surrender of

  Flower class corvettes

  Force ‘H’

  Force ‘R’

  engagement withützow and Admiral Hipper

  Fraser, Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce

  Friedrich Eckholdt

  engagement with HMS Sheffield

  Geneva conference 1927

  Gloucester, HMS

  Glowworm, HMS

  Gneisenau

  Goeder, Dr Martin

  Goering, Reichsmarschall Hermann

  Graph, HMS

  Hall, Coxswain Daniel

  Hamilton, Rear-Admiral

  Hanko Peninsula

  Hartmann, Kapitän zur See Hans

  Hengel, Johann

  Herschelb, Kapitänleutnant Karl-Heinz

  Hess, Engineering Lance Corporal Heinz

  Hitler, Adolf

  belief that heavy ships should be scrapped

  intentions for German fleet

  launches Operation Barbarossa

  Home Fleet battle group

  Hood, Lieutenant Maurice

  Howe, HMS

  Hutton, Midshipman (later Captain) Michael, OBE, RN

  Hyderabad, RIN

  Illustrious, HMS

  Jamaica, HMS

  engagement with Admiral Hipper

  war service

  Jefferson Myers, SS

  John H.B. Latrobe

  Johns, Lieutenant-Commander A.H.T., RN

  Kaiser, Lieutenant-Commander Heinrich

  Karelian Isthmus

  Karls, Admiral Rolf

  Keitel, Field Marshal

  Kent, HMS

  King George, HMS

  Kinloch, Lieutenant-Commander.C., RN

  Kluber, Admiral

  Kola Inlet

  Köln

  Krancke, Admiral

  Kriegsmarinesee also Destroyer Flotilla, 5th

  Kummetz, Vice-Admiral Oskar

  intended battle tactics

  appreciation of position at 02.00 hrs, 31 December 1942

  report on Royal Navy tactics

  decision to withdraw after Admiral Hipper hit

  reports of battle

  Latona, HMS

  Ledbury, HMS

  Leipzig

  Liberty ships

  life-saving equipment

  Loch Ewe

  London conference 1930

  London Naval Treaty 1937

  Lorenz W. Hansen, SS

  Luftwaffe

  Fliegerkorps X

  Lützow (previously Deutschland)

  attacks convoy JW51B

  engagement with HMS Orwell

  engagement with HMS Sheffield

  orders after battlesee also operations, Aurora

  war service

  Maasz class destroyers

  MacFarlane, James (ship’s doctor)

  Maisky, M.

  Malaya, HMS

  Malta

  Marchant, Lieutenant-Commander Thomas

  Matabele, HMS

  Matchless, HMS

  Mayen,
Fahnrich zur See Horst

  Merchant Marine

  Murmansk

  Mussolini, Benito

  NKVD (secret police)

  Narvik class destroyers

  Narvikfjord

  naval arms race

  Nelson, HMS

  No.78

  Norfolk, HMS

  Northern Gem

  Norway, invasion of

  Norway, Northern

  Nurnberg

  ‘O’ class destroyers

  Obdurate, HMS

  Obedient, HMS

  engagement with Admiral Hipper

  Onslow, Commander Richard

  Onslow, HMS

  engagement with Admiral Hipper

  after engagement

  operations

  Aurora

  Barbarossa

  Halberd

  Regenbogen

  Rosselsprung

  Torch

  Opportune, HMS

  Oribi, HMS

  Orwell, HMS

  engagement withützow

  Pawel, Second Boiler Engineer Dr (Eng.) von

  Peyton-Jones, Lieutenant (later

  Commander) Loftus E., DSC,

  DSO, RN

  Poland, invasion of

  Polyarnoe

  Pontfield

  Pound, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley

  Prinz Eugen

  Puerto Rican

  radar in naval ships

  Radcliffe, Captain A.V., RNR

  Raeder, Grand Admiral Dr Erich

  offers resignation

  Rainer, Leutnant E.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Red Army

  Renown, HMS

  Rhead, Eric

  Rhododendron, HMS

  Richard Beitzen

  Richter, Maschinenmaat Helmut

  Rodney, HMS

  Roope, Lieutenant-Commander, VC

  Roosevelt, President Theodore

  Royal Navy see Destroyer Flotilla, 17th; Home Fleet battle group; Western Escort Group

  Russian nurses

  Russian offensivesee also Red Army; Soviet industry, dispersion of

  SS Einsatzgruppen

  Sayers, Lieutenant-Commander.A., RN

  Schafer, Engineer Officer Fregattenkapitän (Eng.)

  Scharnhorst

  Schemmel, Flotilla Commander

  Schmitz, Josef

  Seidisfjord

  Sheffield, HMS

  ‘A’ turret crew

  crew

  engagement with Admiral Hipper

  engagement with Friedrich Eckholdt

  engagement withützow

  war service

  Sherbrooke, Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Robert St Vincent, VC, DSO, RN

  Somerville, Admiral Sir James

  Southampton, HMS

  Southampton class cruisers (later Town class)

  Soviet industry, dispersion of see also Red Army; Russian offensive

  Spearfish, HMS

  Stalin, Joseph

  Stange, Kapitän zur See Rudolf

  Stonegate, SS

  Storey, Captain Jocelyn Latham, RN

  tanks, Matilda

  Taylor, Yeoman Albert

  Theodor Riedel

  Tirpitz

  Tovey, Admiral

  Town class cruisers (previously Southampton class)

  Treaty of Versailles

  Trondheim Fjord

  Twiddy, Midshipman (later Lieutenant-Commander) Albert, DSC, RN

  U354

  U626

  U-boats

  Ultra decryptssee also Enigma code

  United States enters the war

  Vaenga

  Vermont

  Vesnicheva, Nurse Anya

  Victorious, HMS

  Viipuri

  Vizalma

  Walter, Engineering Mate Gunther

  Walton, Engineer Lieutenant Kevin

  Warspite, HMS

  Washington conference 1921

  Washington Naval Agreement 1922

  Watkin, Acting (later Leading) Stoker Walter

  Weichert, Vice-Admiral

  Western Escort Group

  Wolfschanze (Hitler’s headquarters)

  Wright, Chief Engineer Peter

  Yorkmar

  Z Plan

  Z27

  Z29

  Z30

  Z31

  Copyright

  First published in Great Britain in 2002 by Airlife Publishing Ltd

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  Footnotes

  1

  1 Toland, John (1997) Hitler, Wordsworth Editions.

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  2 Ibid.

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  3 Pitt, Barrie & Francis (1998) The Chronological Atlas of W.W.II, Bookmart Edition.

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  4 Ibid.

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  5 Pelling, Henry (1999) Winston Churchill, Wordsworth Editions.

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  6 PRO. PREM 3/395.

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  7 Ibid.

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  8 Ibid.

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  9 Ibid.

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  a From this point on ‘miles’ will refer to nautical miles, with the appropriate metric conversion, unless otherwise stated.

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  10 PRO. PREM 3/393.

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  11 PRO. ADM 234/369.

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  12 The name given to decodes of German radio traffic, sent by operators using the Enigma coding machine. Believed by the Germans to be unbreakable, but cracked by British codebreakers at Bletchley Park. The German B dienst teams performed a similar service and had successes against British naval codes.

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  13 PRO. ADM 234/340.

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  14 PRO. ADM 234/369.

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  15 PRO. ADM 234/340.

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  16 PRO. ADM 234/369.

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  17 Ibid.

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  18 Ibid.

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  19 Watts, Anthony J. (1999) The Royal Navy, An Illustrated History, Brockhampton Press.

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  20 PRO. PREM 3/393.r />
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  21 PRO. ADM 234/369.

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  22 Ibid.

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  23 PRO. ADM 116/5307.

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  24 AHB/II/117/3(B), p. 270–1, quoted in Terraine, John (1997) The Right of the Line, Wordsworth Editions.

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  b Anti-submarine detection equipment developed between the wars by the Anglo-French Allied Submarine Detection Investigation Committee.

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  1 PRO. ADM 199/1104.

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  2 Lt-Cdr Donovan, in conversation with the author.

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  3 Ibid.

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