Edward Coverley Kennedy was a Royal Navy officer who is remembered as the captain of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi who engaged the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
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Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship or battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included her sister ship Gnei
Edward Kennedy (Royal Navy officer)
…November 1939) was a Royal Navy officer who is remembered as the captain of the armed merchant cruiser HMS Rawalpindi who engaged the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Edward Coverley Kennedy was born 31 August 1879, only son (there were two daughters) of Edward Briggs Kennedy (1842-1914), of Deanyers…
Scharnhorst
Scharnhorst in the Kiel Canal (Rendsburg High Bridge in the background)
Scharnhorst in port
Scharnhorst firing on HMS Glorious, 8 June 1940