Admiral Scheer

A year later, on 5 November 1940, when the Jervis Bay was sunk while defending convoy HX 84, her courageous action pennitted the convoy to disperse and ensured that losses were minimal. The convoy was a thousand miles east of Newfoundland when it was attacked by the pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. Apart from the AMC Jervis Bay,... 

SteaminfS towards her adversary, on the horizon to the right, and already surrounded by near misses, the 7erv/s Bay s courageous sacrifice in protecting her convoy from the Admiral Scheer is depicted in this painting of the incident. 

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