Force 2's destroyers attacked at 1850 with torpedoes, launching 28 and scoring hits with four. This further slowed "Scharnhorst", and at 1901 "Duke of York" and "Jamaica" again opened fire, at a range of . At 1915, "Belfast" also began shelling "Scharnhorst", and both "Belfast" and "Jamaica" fired their remaining torpedoes. At least ten 14-inch shells had already hit the German battleship, causing fires and explosions, and silencing most of the secondary battery. By 1916, all three main turrets aboard "Scharnhorst" had ceased firing, and her speed had been cut to . "Duke of York" ceased fire at 1930 to allow her escorting cruisers and destroyers to close on "Scharnhorst". In the final stages of the battle, the destroyers , , , and fired a total of 19 torpedoes at "Scharnhorst," causing her to list badly to port, and at 1945 "Scharnhorst" capsized and quickly sank after a running action lasting ten-and-a-half hours, taking with her 1,932 men (there were only 36 survivors). Following her sinking, and the retreat of most of the remaining German heavy surface units from Norway, the need to maintain powerful surface forces in British home waters diminished.