GNEISENAU (December 8, 1936)
Complement: 1461
Length: (w.l.) 741 1/2 feet
Beam: 98 1/2 feet
Draught: 24 2/3 feet (mean)
Guns:
9 - 11 inch
12 - 5.9 inch
14 - 4.1 inch AA
16 - 37 mm AA
10 - 20mm AA
Armour:
12"- 13" Belt amidships, 3" - 4" ends
12" Turrets
6" Decks
Aircraft: 3, with 2 catapults (Hangar is between funnel and after superstructure.)
Machinery: Geared turbines, combined with Diesels for cruising speed. 3 shafts. High pressure water tube boilers. Designed speed: 27 kts., full speed to be about 29 kts.
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Scharnhorst - Sunk in action with HMS Duke Of York Dec.26, 1943.
Gneisenau - scuttled Mar.27, 1945 as blockship at Gotenhafen,
scrapped 1947
General Notes.-
Name of these
battleships commemorate those of 2 cruisers sunk at the Battle
of the Falklands, Dec. 8, 1914. In 1941 both received extensive
damage from heavy bombing attacks, and both were under refit
for the greater part of 1942.
Gunnery Notes.- 11 inch caliber was accepted for these
ships in order to allow a greater proportion of weight to be
devoted to protection.
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 SCHARNHORST (front) and CA Prinz Eugen |
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 SCHARNHORST july, north of Norway |
 SCHARNHORST 150mm sec. guns |
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 SCHARNHORST front 280mm primary guns |
 SCHARNHORST 8.6.1940 opening fire on HMS Glorius |
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