British navy desperately searching for German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer according to the War Cabinet Weekly Résumé No. 64 of the Naval, Military and Air Situation 14-21 November 1940

British HMS Rodney©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

British Revenge-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. Source Werft-Reederei-Hafen 15 April 1933

An item reported that ships part of the British Home Fleet still were searching for the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer and for survivors of the Halifax (Nova Scotia)-England convoy HX84 escorted by the armed merchant cruiser HMS Jervis Bay. This convoy numbered 37 ship and was attacked by the Admiral Scheer on 5 November on the Southern Atlantic. The Jervis Bay sacrified herself. Still another 7 ships of her convoy were destroyed. On 17 November was stopped with the search for survivors forced by the continuous. The British battleship HMS Rodney escorted the homeward-bound convoys and the HMS Revenge the outward bound convoys.

Notes

1. Part of Deutschland armored ships later reclassified as heavy cruisers, succeeded by realized Admiral Hipper-class and planned D-class, laid down by Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, Germany on 25 June 1931, launched on 1 April 1933, commissioned on 12 November 1934, sunk during an Allied air attack on 9 April 1945, after the war partially broken up and buried.

2. Launched by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, England as TSS Jervis Bay for account of the Commonwealth Line active between the United Kingdom and Australia on 17 August, sold to the White Star Line in 1928, requisitioned by the Royal Navy in August 1939, converted into an armed merchant cruiser with as main armament aged 7x1-15.2cm/6”Mk VII guns.

3. Part of Nelson-class, preceded by realized Revenge-class and planned N3-class, succeeded by King George V-class, ordered in 1922, laid down by Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England on 28 December 1922, launched on 17 December 1925, completed in August 1927, commissioned on 7 December 1927, out of service in August 1946 and sold to be broken up on 26 March 1948.

4. Part of Revenge-class, preceded by Queen Elizabeth-class, succeeded by planned N3-class and realized Nelson-class, laid down by Vickers Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 December 1913, launched on 29 May 1915, commissioned on 1 February 1916, converted into a trainingshp  for boiler room personnel in 1944, sold to be broken up in July 1948 arriving at the scrapyard on 5 September 1948

Source

National Archive UK. CAB-66-13-37.