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  German battlecruiser Gneisenau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was the second to carry the name of the Prussian general August von Gneisenau; the first was the World War I armored cruiser SMS Gneisenau, destroyed near the Falkland Islands in 1914.
Gneisenau was often seen in company with her sistership the Scharnhorst, and the two ships became known as the "ugly sisters" due to their prowling together, and the amount of havoc they caused to British shipping.
In air attacks on 26-27 February 1942, on the floating dock where she was being repaired for mine damage, she became the target of massive RAF attacks by 178 bombers and was struck on the bow.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/German_battlecruiser_Gneisenau   (1178 words)

  
 DKM Scharnhorst Encyclopedia Articles @ OfficialTexts.com (Official Texts)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Her armour was equal to that of a battleship and if it hadn't been for her relatively small calibre guns she would have been classified as a battleship by the British.
Scharnhorst's first wartime operation was a sweep into the Iceland-Faroes passage in late November 1939 with Gneisenau in which she sank the British Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Rawalpindi.
From January 22 until 22 March 1941, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau operated in the Atlantic under the command of Admiral Günther Lütjens.
www.officialtexts.com /encyclopedia/DKM_Scharnhorst   (1883 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - DKM Gneisenau
Gneisenau was a 31,100 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Gneisenau, which was in turn named after the Prussian general August von Gneisenau.
Gneisenau was built by Deutsche Werke Kiel, laid down in February of 1934.
She was torpedoed in the North Atlantic in June, and after being repaired joined Scharnhorst in their most successful merchant campaign in March, 1941, Gneisenau sinking 14 ships, Scharnhorst sinking 8, and managing to keep out of the way of British battleships covering the convoys.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/DKM_Gneisenau   (660 words)

  
 DKM Scharnhorst - Wikimedia Commons
DKM Scharnhorst was a 31,500 tons Gneisenau class battleship (Royal Navy: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.
Battleship Gneisenau is at left, with Scharnhorst in the left middle distance and heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in right center.
View of the Gneisenau's forward two triple 283 mm (11") gun turrets, with forecastle and capstans in the foreground, circa later 1939 or 1940.
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/DKM_Scharnhorst   (845 words)

  
 German battleship Gneisenau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DKM (Deutsche Kriegs Marine) Gneisenau and her sister Scharnhorst were large heavy gun warships of World War II vintage of the German navy, or Kriegsmarine.
Like the "pocket battleships" of the Deutschland class, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were political compromises, symbols of international power for the Hitler regime, but designed not to overly inflame the British.
Even though ships such as Gneisenau were designed to commit acts of destruction in war, there is no doubt that she carried a certain sense of dignity, power and beauty, which can be appreciated for its own sake.
centipedia.com /index.php?title=German_battleship_Gneisenau&...   (730 words)

  
 Talk:Battleship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were classified as cruisers for the purposes of the Washington Treaty, and their displacements were altered.
Gneisenau and Scharnhorst for instance, spent virtually their whole careers together, yet they have the information repeated on each of their pages.
The Royal Charles was captured by the Dutch in the Raid on the Medway...
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 Heller 1/400 Gniesenau
Operation "Nordmark" The Gneisenau, the Scharnhorst, the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and the destroyers Wolfgang Zenker, Wilhelm Heidkamp and Karl Galster was sent to intercept British convoys between Bergen and England, but no ships was sighted.
Operation "Juno" The Gneisenau was flagship in the Polar Sea operations together with the Scharnhorst, Admiral Hipper and the destroyers Karl Galster, Hans Lody, Erich Steinbrink and Hermann Schoemann.
Gneisenau is sighted by the British battleship Rodney which requests identification of the German ship.
modelingmadness.com /reviews/misc/robertognie.htm   (1635 words)

  
 Tri-ang Minic Ships - DKM Scharnhorst
June 1940 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were again in action off Norway where they engaged and sank the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her two escort destroyers.
During the course of this action Scharnhorst was severely damaged by a torpedo from one of the destroyers and was under repair for most of the rest of 1940.
The model of DKM Scharnhorst was one of the "Fighting Ships" series made in Hong Kong by Hornby under the Minic Ships name.
www.triangminicships.com /classic_edition/navy/scharnhorst.htm   (583 words)

  
 DKM Gneisenau - Wikimedia Commons
The german World War II battleship Gneisenau, the british classified the ship as battle cruiser
German warships in a Norway: Gneisenau (left), Scharnhorst (middle) and Admiral Hipper (right center)
C-tower from Gneisenau used at Austrått costal battery, Ørlandet, Norway
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/DKM_Gneisenau   (66 words)

  
 Operation Weserübung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
DKM Scharnhorst, DKM Gneisenau and 10 destroyers with 2000 troops to Narvik.
DKM Hipper and 4 destroyers with 1700 troops to Trondheim.
DKM Blücher, Lüzow, Emden, 3 Torpedo Boats and 8 Minesweepers with 2000 troops to Oslo
aseannewsnetwork.de /articles/content/o/op/operation_weseruebung.html   (976 words)

  
 Brian Alexander's Hobbies
The ship I used for these years was a model of the WWII German battlecruiser Gneisenau.
The techniques used in Gneisenau's construction were outdated and hard to maintain.
Each of these boats as six turrets (compared to three each in Lion and Gneisenau) but they are about half the size of my previous ships.
mabg.org /balexander/rcboats.shtml   (1191 words)

  
 Welcome to Best of bismarck guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Accumulating the best Dkm Bismarck info online isn't a small task, which is why we planned this website for you.
The largest and most powerful warship of her time, the Bismarck fought against a far superior enemy in a honorable way.
Name: DKM (Deutsche Kriegs Marine) Bismarck Origin of name: Ship was named after Chancellor Otto Fürst von Bismarck Shipyard: Building contract executed with Blohm & Voss, Hamburg on...
www.top-cities-guide.info /best-of-bismarck-guide/dkm-bismarck.php   (426 words)

  
 HMS Ark Royal
In December 1939 she was sent to the South Atlantic to help in the search for the German cruiser DKM Admiral Graf Spee.
The spring of 1940 saw her participating in the Norwegian campaign, and in July she was one of the ships that attacked the French Navy's base at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria.
During March 1941, HMS Ark Royal pursued the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the last phase of their Atlantic sortie.
www.battleshipbismarck.info /hms_ark_royal.htm   (332 words)

  
 Omer Levesque
Though both the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst struck mines during the Channel dash, the damage was not disabling, and the entire german naval force was safe in home waters by midnight on 12/13 Feb.
The Gneisenau was bombed 26-27 Febuary 1942 while in drydock at Gdynia, repairing mine damage from the Channel Dash.
They gave up and decommissioned DKM Gneisenau on 1 July 1942 and all work was halted on 1/1943.
www.constable.ca /levesque.htm   (6418 words)

  
 JT Malone: Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were sent into the North Atlantic shipping lanes for the purpose of commerce-raiding, and for the next 60 days the two ships covered a range of 17,800 miles and sank over 116,000 tons of Allied shipping.
For most of that time, the Germans were able to roam the seas at will, as the British navy frantically searched for them, while at the same time trying to protect their supply convoys.
Leading this would be their newest vessel, the DKM Bismarck, the fastest, most heavily armed and armored battleship ever constructed.
storiesonline.net /library/authorBlog.php?id=2754   (7225 words)

  
 German Navy in WWII
A new book out on the German Kreigsmarine is this volume by Robert Jackson.
Within its 156 pages it covers all the major combatants of the DKM - minus the smaller R-Boats and other coastal escorts.
Beginning with the reduced 1920's navy, Jackson describes the rebirth of the Kriegsmarine from its secret dealings with Finland and Turkey to design submarines, to the rationale of the 'pocket battleship'.
www.internetmodeler.com /1999/november/new-releases/book_dkm.htm   (275 words)

  
 Welcome to Bismarck citysexy guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Free guide on Dkm Bismarck that is hard to find.
Tracking down the top free Dkm Bismarck online isn't an easy undertaking, which is why we made this search site for you.
The Battleship Bismarck, was laid down on the 1st of July 1936, launched on the 14th Feb...
citysex-guide.info /bismarck-citysexy-guide/dkm-bismarck.php   (384 words)

  
 Scharnhorst
There are over 60 official Kriegsmarine photos that were given to crew members to start their albums, including the sinking of the British aircraft carrier Glorious and photos from the famous Channel dash.
In addition, several pages reproduce a set of model builder plans for the Scharnhorst and her sister Gneisenau.
Also is the story of the battle of North Cape, and the fateful decisions by the German High command that let to her sinking and the death of almost two thousand men.
www.oxfordmuseumpress.com /new_page_5.htm   (362 words)

  
 German Navy Battleships
In the World War II era, there were apparently no prefixes to the ships' names.
We've seen some sources use "KM" or "DKM" for Kriegsmarine or Deutchland Kriegsmarine, but nothing official that we've seen suggests the use of any prefix in that era.
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau escape from Brest, and reach German ports.
home.att.net /~wellsbrothers/Battleships/GermanBBtable.html   (1050 words)

  
 Building the DKM Gneisenau
Heller model kits have a number of ships on their 1/400 scale line.
This 1/400 Heller kit of the Gneisenau is good value for your money.
Besides the fact that it is superb if built out of the box, one can further beautify this model with Tom's Scharnhorst/Gneisenau 1/400 PE set.
www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/dkm/gniesenau/400-nc/building_gneisenau.htm   (1017 words)

  
 Best Battleship of WW2 - Above Top Secret Conspiracy Community
Well, my opinion is Yamato and Bismarck along with Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
Admiral Scheer Class Battlecruisers (Panzerschiff) DKM Admiral Scheer DKM Admiral Graf Spee DKM Lutzow
Scharnhorst scuttled itself instead of facing the 2/3 cruiser with 8 in guns that had harassed it from the Falklands to Montevideo on the River Plate
www.abovetopsecret.com /forum/thread49446/pg3   (3310 words)

  
 KBismarck.com - Guestbook   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I've been interested in naval history for a couple of years and the history of the Kriegsmarine is extremely fascinating.
I just love the look of that ship in camouflage stripes, not to mention her performance and measures.
I was ship's company aboard the battleship USS North Carolina having put her in commission april 9, 1941 and left in October 1943.
www.kbismarck.com /cgi-bin/guestbook/guestbook.cgi?start_number=800   (2595 words)

  
 List of Ship Kits
Type XXI (DKM Type XXI U-boat) [1/350] {SE73501} (WW2) FH Editor's Note: I'm not sure, but this could be related to the DML Type XXI kit.
Bismarck (DKM BB) [1/1200] (WW2) WL Editor's Note: Reissue of the old Casadio mold.
Bismarck (DKM BB) {A101} [1/700] (WW2) WL Editor's Notes: See Gernot's review under Tirpitz, which presumably is a close relative.
www.quuxuum.org /rajens_list/shiprevs.html   (13939 words)

  
 CHAPTER TWO, CONSTRUCTION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For example, the USS Lexington could be built as either a Battle cruiser or Carrier.
The DKM Gneisenau could be built with either nine 280 mm or six 380 mm main guns.
All ship designs, which were never completed, must receive prior approval from both Technical Officers.
www.chesapeakebattlegroup.org /rules/chap2.html   (2279 words)

  
 The FReeper Foxhole Remembers The Battle of the Denmark Strait (5/24/1941) - Oct. 28th, 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The idea was to send a powerful battle group comprised of the battleships Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau into the Atlantic to attack Allied merchant shipping.
He had already done this earlier that year when in command of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau his force was detected by the British cruiser Naiad in the Faeroes-Iceland gap.
An early retreat at this point would have forced the four British capital ships (Hood, Prince of Wales, King George V and Repulse) that had already put to sea, to go back to Scapa Flow with a considerable expenditure of fuel.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/1009485/posts   (9304 words)

  
 1/1200 Bismarck (rvl05802) Revell of Germany Plastic Model Ship Military
Info: Kit Features; 1/720th scale for static display - Skill level 3 90 parts in light grey plastic Full hull with propellors and rudder - can be built as a waterline model Detailed decks and superstructure with all primary and secondary...more information
Info: Prototype Information; DKM Bismarck, WWII German Battleship The German battleship Bismarck is famous not so much for what she accomplished during WWII but that she was the target of possibly the most famous chase in Naval history.
Images and Descriptions are representative only, actual items may vary.
www.hobbylinc.com /htm/rvl/rvl05802.htm   (638 words)

  
 Gallery Battleships
White Ensign Models 'DKM AA gun' photo-etch set for replacing kit's AA gun parts.
The model has been built by Min-young Jung who added photo-etched details from White Ensign Models.
Gneisenau, German Battleship, Heller 1:400 Scale - Guillermo Martinez Baz took the Heller 1:400 scale model of the German battleship
www.steelnavy.com /gallery_battleships.htm   (8802 words)

  
 DKM Scharnhorst & Gneisenau - By JR Milchling (3/23/03) - www.ezboard.com
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