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{{Infobox ship | Ship image = File:Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-63-07, Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst".jpg | Ship caption = Scharnhorst |module= |module2= |} Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of the German Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. The ship was built at the Kriegsmarinewerft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven; she was laid down on 15 June 1935 and launched a year and four months later on 3 October 1936. Completed in January 1939, the ship was armed with a main battery of nine 28 cm (11 in) C/34 guns in three triple turrets, though there were plans to replace these weapons with six 38 cm (15 in) SK C/34 guns in twin turrets.

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  • German battleship Scharnhorst
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  • {{Infobox ship | Ship image = File:Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-63-07, Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst".jpg | Ship caption = Scharnhorst |module= |module2= |} Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of the German Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. The ship was built at the Kriegsmarinewerft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven; she was laid down on 15 June 1935 and launched a year and four months later on 3 October 1936. Completed in January 1939, the ship was armed with a main battery of nine 28 cm (11 in) C/34 guns in three triple turrets, though there were plans to replace these weapons with six 38 cm (15 in) SK C/34 guns in twin turrets.
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  • yes
Ship range
  • at
Ship displacement
  • * Standard:
Ship aircraft
  • 3(xsd:integer)
Ship motto
  • Scharnhorst immer voran
Ship laid down
  • 1935-06-15(xsd:date)
Ship commissioned
  • 1939-01-07(xsd:date)
Align
  • right
Ship armament
  • * 9 ×
Width
  • 35.0
Ship fate
  • --12-26
Ship aircraft facilities
  • 1(xsd:integer)
Ship builder
Ship complement
  • * 56 officers * 1,613 enlisted
Ship propulsion
  • 3(xsd:integer)
Ship country
Ship namesake
  • Gerhard Johann von Scharnhorst
Source
  • Admiral Bruce Fraser
Quote
  • "Gentlemen, the battle against the Scharnhorst has ended in victory for us. I hope that any of you who are ever called upon to lead a ship into action against an opponent many times superior, will command your ship as gallantly as the Scharnhorst was commanded today."
Ship armor
  • * Belt:
Ship launched
  • 1936-10-03(xsd:date)
Ship Name
  • Scharnhorst
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  • {{Infobox ship | Ship image = File:Bundesarchiv DVM 10 Bild-23-63-07, Schlachtschiff "Scharnhorst".jpg | Ship caption = Scharnhorst |module= |module2= |} Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of the German Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. The ship was built at the Kriegsmarinewerft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven; she was laid down on 15 June 1935 and launched a year and four months later on 3 October 1936. Completed in January 1939, the ship was armed with a main battery of nine 28 cm (11 in) C/34 guns in three triple turrets, though there were plans to replace these weapons with six 38 cm (15 in) SK C/34 guns in twin turrets. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau operated together for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties into the Atlantic to raid British merchant shipping. During her first operation, Scharnhorst sank the auxiliary cruiser HMS Rawalpindi in a short engagement. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau participated in Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Norway. During operations off Norway, the two ships engaged the battlecruiser HMS Renown and sank the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious—in the engagement with Glorious, Scharnhorst achieved one of the longest-range naval gunfire hits in history. In early 1942, after repeated British bombing raids, the two ships made a daylight dash up the English Channel from occupied France to Germany. In early 1943, Scharnhorst joined the Bismarck-class battleship Tirpitz in Norway to interdict Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. Scharnhorst and several destroyers sortied from Norway to attack a convoy; the Germans were instead intercepted by British naval patrols. During the Battle of the North Cape, the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York and her escorts sank Scharnhorst. Only 36 men were pulled from the icy seas, out of a crew of 1,968.
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