The Super Rare Smoking Warship Hitler Never Expected
It is December 31, 1942, and in the gloomy morning twilight off the northern coast of Norway, British destroyer HMS Achates is fighting her way through the bitterly cold Arctic winter, one of eight small warships escorting a convoy of twelve merchant vessels across the treacherous icy waters of the Barents Sea to deliver crucial supplies to their Soviet allies. Little does Achates’ crew know that a far greater danger is just about to rear its head. The British ships have been spotted by the enemy, and now, the much larger German warships Admiral Hipper and Lützow are rapidly racing toward them along with a team of destroyers, hell-bent on preventing the convoy from reaching its destination. As the Kriegsmarine closes in and the sea erupts in a chaos of salvos, Achates suddenly moves forward alone and starts laying down a thick smokescreen. The diminutive destroyer is severely dwarfed in size and firepower by the heavy cruisers, a British David against the German Goliath, but she is intent on protecting the convoy, no matter the cost. Achates knows her odds of survival are minimal, but as the enemy shells come raining down, she firmly stands her ground, determined to hold on just long enough for her companions to escape, even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice… Credit to : Dark Seas