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  1. Yeah ... her sister ship the Scharnhorst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_battleship_Scharnhorst was considered a lucky ship by her crew ... which in comparison to their sister ship can be understood. The Scharnhorst's luck ran out though when she ended up engaging Duke of York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_North_Cape and a number of cruisers and destroyers. She might have gotten away again but a long range hit from Duke of York took out part of her propulsion and she didn't. Though British Destroyers tried to rescue her crew in the stormy seas where their ship was lost - most of them perished. Here though - once again as with Bismarck detaching Prinz Eugen the German Commander detached his escorting destroyers to try and find the convoy they were after - and those ship were not available to fend off the British Destroyers that put a number of torpedoes into Scharnhorst or threaten Duke of York with torpedo attacks. And so the Germans lost yet another Capital Ship while swanning about unescorted. .
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