Anonymous warship sighted near Murmansk, Russia on 30 November 1939

Scharnhorst. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.co

Gneisenau. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.co

An item reported that an anonymous warship was located on 30 November 1939 using directional wireless near Murmansk, Russia. Possible it was one of the ships involved of sinking the British HMS Rawalpinda.(1)

Note

1. The British armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpinda was sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau on 23 November 1939.

Source

The National Archives, Kew Gardens, England CAB-66-4-1 Weekly Résumé (No. 14) of the naval, military and air situation from 12 noon 30 November to 12 noon 7 December 1939.