| Sumario: | This article reports that in the gray pre-dawn light of July 25, 1941, six Bristol Beauforts of 217 Squadron, Coastal Command, warmed up on the airfield at RAF St. Eval in Cornwall. At 38,400 tons full load the Scharnhorst was at that time one of the largest and most heavily armed warships in the German fleet. She was a foe they bad faced before. Two nights earlier 217 Squadron Beauforts had bombed her at La Pallice. The previous night Bomber Command had attacked her and scored hits. Now the Schamhorst, escorted by six destroyers, was somewhere in the Bay of Biscay, making a dash for the safety of Brest harbor, its guns, and its repair facilities.
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