On5November1940,CaptainEdwardFegen,commandingofficeroftheauxiliarycruiserHMSJervisBay,wasescortingaconvoyof38shipsfromCanadatoEnglandwhentheconvoywassightedbytheGermanpocketbattleshipAdmiralScheer.
TheJervisBaywasoriginallyaBritishliner,andwasonlyarmedwithafewWorldWarIvintage6-inchguns.The11-inchgunsoftheAdmiralScheereasilyoutrangedher.Fegenknewthathisship'sgunswouldnotbeabletoreachtheAdmiralScheer,soheorderedtheconvoytoscatterandclosedwiththeGermanship.AshellhittheJervisBay'sbridge,shatteringFegen'srightarm,buthecontinuedthehopelessfightforthreehours,andeventuallywentdownwithhisship.JervisBay'ssacrificeboughtenoughtimeforallbutfiveofthe38shipstoescape.
一九四○年十一月五日，英國皇家海軍輔助巡洋艦傑維斯貝號指揮官愛德華．費根艦長護送一隊共三十八艘船，從加拿大往英格蘭，途中被德國小型戰列艦謝爾上將號發現了。
傑維斯貝號本是英國一艘郵輪，只裝了幾門口徑六英寸的第一次世界大戰時代大砲，射程遠遠不如配備十一英寸口徑大砲的謝爾上將號。費根知道傑維斯貝號的大砲不能從遠處打中敵艦，於是一面下令船隊分路逃走，一面指揮傑維斯貝號迎敵艦開去。一枚砲彈打中傑維斯貝號駛駕臺，把費根的右臂也炸得骨肉碎裂，但他還是知不能戰而戰，繼續打了三小時，終於和傑維斯貝號一起沉下海底。傑維斯貝號犧牲了，那三十八艘船卻因此而有三十三艘得以及時逃脫。