Scharnhorst Class battleships during their succesful breakthrough operation in the English Channel, 11 to 13 February 1942. Still from Wochenschau Nr. 598 (02/1942).

Unternehmen Cerberus (1)

A good photo of German Flakschiff Niobe. Originaly  Dutch Holland-class protected cruiser Gelderland, she was seized by the Germans during invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. In 1944 she operated as an anti-aircraft cruiser protecting Finnish city of Kotka during the the Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive. She was tought to be the Finnish armored costal defence ship Väinämöinen and attacked by the Soviet air force on July 16. Niobe was attacked and sunk in the harbor. 70 men were killed on board. Five attacking planes were shot down. Russians learned only after the war that the ship they had destroyed was not the Väinämöinen, and what I have heard, they were really surprised. The ship was transferred to Soviet navy in 1947, and scrapped in the -60. Niobe was raised and scrapped in 1953. The carried these AA weapons during the sinking: 
8× 10.5 cm FlaK L/45 C/32
4× 40 mm Bofors L/60
4× 20 mm (4×4) Vierlinge C/38

The picture really shows the ammount of firepower that the attacking force would have had to face. VC

Flakschiff Niobe

"Alleged Nazi archives photo, dated 18 December 1942, of U-boats and very large shark off Capetown". The photo has beem manipulated by The Discovery Channel, so looking for the real one. The boat are supposed to be stationed at Capetown 1942, but boats seem to be early type, there are atleast 2 submarines and third sub or a ship. Anything to add? See whole story: http://www.geekosystem.com/fake-megalodon-trailer/