HMS Duke of York
Able Seaman John Knowles RN (1906-1982) Collection
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December 27, 1943: C-in-C Home Fleet Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser (left) greets a Admiral Arseniy G. Golovko,
C-in-C Soviet Northern Fleet on board the HMS Duke of York during a refueling stop in the Kola Inlet, Russia
following the Battle of the North Cape.



January 1, 1944: A survivor from Scharnhorst is off loaded at Scaoa Flow.



May 6, 1944: General (later Field Marshal) Sir Bernard Law Montgomery commander of the 21st. Army Group
being welcomed aboard HMS Duke of York at Scapa Flow by C-in-C Home Fleet Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser.



May 6, 1944: General (later Field Marshal) Sir Bernard Law Montgomery commander of the 21st. Army Group
inspecting a group of Royal Marines on the HMS Duke of York at Scapa Flow.



May 6, 1944: C-in-C Home Fleet Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser (left) and General (later Field Marshal) Sir Bernard
Law Montgomery commander of the 21st. Army Group on board HMS Duke of York at Scapa Flow.



May 6, 1944: General (later Field Marshal) Sir Bernard Law Montgomery commander of the 21st. Army Group
addressing the crew of HMS Duke of York at Scapa Flow.
(All photos from the collection of Able Seaman John Knowles RN
submitted in his hon our by his son John Knowles Jr.)





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