Crewmen of the HMS Duke of York, Able Seaman John Knowles is on the right.

HMS Duke of York, date and location unknown.

December 26, 1943: Damage received in the Battle of the North Cape from the German battleship Scharnhorst.

December 27-28, 1943: Some of the 36 survivors from the Scharnhorst on the HMS Duke of York.

(All photos from the collection of Able Seaman John Knowles RN
submitted in his honour by his son John Knowles Jr.)