During the 1942 "Channel Dash" (Operation Cerberus), the German battleship Scharnhorst successfully transited from Brest, France, to German ports, but struck two mines during the journey, which caused significant damage and temporary disablement. Details of the Incident Objective: Scharnhorst, along with her sister ship Gneisenau and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, were ordered to return to Germany from Brest, where they were vulnerable to continuous British air attacks. The short route through t