3rd week of October
The Western Approaches in the dead of night. Scharnhorst, escorted by Leberecht Maas and Georg Thiele, has established RADAR contact with a gaggle of merchant ships and a lone destroyer manned by crewmen with no illusions of what's coming.
There's no need for a long write up. What's cool here are the mechanics for reduced visibility at night, the need for flares, and the ability to close on target using RADAR. The German ships come about, the two destroyers legging it up front and firing star shells once the range has been cut. The freighters are exposed. HMS Venetia tries to fight back. But first she's peppered with 5" shells. Then Scharnorst tears her in half with HE.
After that, it's academic. The freighters can manage a hair under 18 knots. Scharnorst a tad over 30. She and Thiele maul the five cargo ships while Maas lights the way. The only casualty we suffer is the odd loader stubbing his toe on a shell casing.
Tally so far: 170,000+ tons shipping and three destroyers.