Bruce Fraser, Baron Fraser of North Cape (February 5, 1888–February 12, 1981) was a senior British admiral during World War II. He was Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet during the later stages of the naval war in Europe, and during that period he commanded the Royal Navy force that destroyed the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North Cape in December 1943. That battle took place whilst Fraser's forces were escorting a convoy to Murmansk in the Soviet Union. February 5 is the 36th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... The Home Fleet is the traditional name of the fleet of the Royal Navy that protects the United Kingdoms territorial waters. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Scharnhorst was a 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armored cruiser SMS Scharnhorst. ... The Battle of the North Cape was a naval battle of World War II, fought on December 26, 1943 off Norways North Cape between the German Kriegsmarine and the British Royal Navy. ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean Murmansk coin Murmansk (Му́рманск) is a city in the extreme northwest of Russia (north of the Arctic circle) with a seaport on the Kola Gulf, 20 miles from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from...

Following his command of the Home Fleet, he went east in the summer of 1944 to take command of the powerful British Pacific Fleet. Unlike his time in command of the Home Fleet this was not a seagoing command. He commanded from ashore in Australia. The BPF took part in the assault on Okinawa and the final strikes on the Japanese home islands. Fraser was the British signer of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on 2 September 1945. The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a multinational Allied force which saw action against Japan during World War II. The fleet was formed on December 10, 1944, in Sydney, Australia. ... This article is about the prefecture. ... Representatives of Japan stand aboard the USS Missouri prior to signing of the Instrument of Surrender. ...

Following the war, he became First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in 1948. He retired in 1951 with the rank of Admiral of the Fleet. The First Sea Lord is the senior admiral and professional head of the British Royal Navy. ... Admiral of the Fleet is a supreme naval position that has existed both in historical navies and several modern day navies of the 21st century. ...

John Cunningham is the name of several prominent people, including: Admiral Sir John Cunningham, RN, First Sea Lord Group-Captain John Cats Eyes Cunningham, RAF Private John Cunningham, VC, (East Yorkshire Regiment) Corporal John Cunningham, VC, (Prince of Waless Leinster Regiment) John Anderson (Jack) Cunningham, PC, the UK... The First Sea Lord is the senior admiral and professional head of the British Royal Navy. ...