During the early part of her action against the German capital ship "Scharnhorst" at the Battle of the North Cape on 26 December 1943, , firing under radar control in poor weather, scored 31 straddles out of 52 broadsides fired and during the latter part she scored 21 straddles out of 25 broadsides, a very creditable gunnery performance. In total, "Duke of York" fired 450 shells in 77 broadsides. "However, HMS "Duke of York" still fired less than 70% of her possible output during this battle because of mechanical and "errors in drill" problems."