Name a German Battleship that was sank by a bombing mission lead by Baron Cheshire's successor as the commander of the 617 Squadron?
Leonard Cheshire Group Captain Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire (7 September 1917 – 31 July 1992) was a highly decorated World War II Royal Air Force pilot and philanthropist.
HMS Hardy (1936) HMS "Hardy" was the flotilla leader for the H-class destroyers, built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1930s. During the Spanish Civil War of 1936–1939 the ship spent considerable time in Spanish waters, enforcing the arms blockade imposed by Britain and France on both sides of the conflict. "Hardy" was transferred to Freetown, Sierra Leone, in October 1939 to hunt for German commerce raiders in the South Atlantic with Force K. After returning to the United Kingdom in early 1940, the ship became flagship of the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla assigned to the Home Fleet. During the Norwegian campaign of 1940, "Hardy" participated in the First Battle of Narvik where she sank one German destroyer. As the British ships were withdrawing, they were discovered by two other German destroyers that so badly damaged "Hardy" that she had to be run aground to stop her from sinking. The ship was lifted by a rising tide and eventually capsized.