1957. At the end of her days, HMS Duke of York. In the time given to her she gave place to the writing of the Atlantic Charter and shield to slow convoys through the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, sustaining a beleaguered ally. There she did battle with the Scharnhorst, which succumb in that, the penultimate clash of battleships. With her sister, King George V, she witnessed the surrender of the Japanese empire aboard USS Missouri, ankered at her side in Tokyo Bay.
