Shells from "Scharnhorst's" main guns struck "Duke of York"s mast and disabled her surface radars. The lack of radar forced "Duke of York" to cease fire at 18:24, after having hit "Scharnhorst" at least 13 times. The hits from "Duke of York" disabled most of "Scharnhorst"s armament in the process. Admiral Fraser ordered his destroyers to approach the ship and torpedo her. "Scharnhorst" was hit at least four times by torpedoes fired by and . The hits caused extensive flooding and slowed the ship to . "Duke of York" then closed to to hammer away at the ship. At the time, only "C" turret on "Scharnhorst" remained operational; surviving gun crews transferred ammunition from the disabled "A" and "B" turrets to "C" turret. As more water entered "Scharnhorst", her speed continued to fall to . At 19:25, the light cruiser fired three torpedoes, followed by six from "Belfast". Several destroyers closed in and fired torpedoes as well, though in the smoke and haze, it was unknown how many hit the crippled ship. "Scharnhorst" was listing severely and very low in the water. At 19:45, the ship capsized to starboard and sank, with her propellers still spinning. She sank at the position . Of the crew of 1,968 officers and men, only 36 survived. Rear-Admiral Erich Bey was lost with his ship.