In January 1940, the German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper led a convoy toward the Norwegian coast when it encountered British resistance near Trondheim. The destroyer HMS Glowworm, outgunned and alone, ...

Just like Murmansk, Tallinn is not a native Russian ship. Originally named Lützow, she was the fifth ship of the Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruisers. The German Kriegsmarine agreed to sell her to the ...