U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, MH 71390
Tirpitz anchored in the Alta Fjord, Norway between 1943-1944
pocket battleship/heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer. Werft-Reederei-Hafen 15 April 1933
Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
An item reported that early 23 February 1 German pocket battleship, 1 cruiser and 3 destroyers were sighted off the Norwegian coast between Bergen and Trondheim. Probably the Admiral Scheer and Prins Eugen underway to join the battleship Tirpitz already lying at Trondheim.
Source
Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. MR0423. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 76 dated 24 February 1942



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