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  German battlecruiser Scharnhorst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Her nine 283 mm (11 in), relativly small main guns were no match for the 381 mm (15 in) guns of most of the battleships of her day, and this would hamper her role as a commerce raider against convoys because the British could counter her threat by escorting them with battleships.
Scharnhorst suffered a series of crippling blows, capsizing and sinking at 1945 hours on 26 December with her propellers still turning.
Fritz-Otto Busch, The Sinking of the Scharnhorst (Robert Hale, LTD., London, 1956) ISBN 0-8600-71308, the story of the Battle of North Cape and the final battle as told by a Scharnhorst survivor.
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 DKM Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
DKM (Deutsche Kriegs Marine) Scharnhorst a 31 100-ton Gneisenau -class battleship was built at Wilhelmshaven Germany.
War began before Scharnhorst's modification work was Her first wartime operation was a sweep the Iceland - Faroes passage in late November 1939 with her sister Gneisenau in which the British armed merchant Rawalpindi was sunk.
Scharnhorst 's wreck was located and photographed by Norwegian Navy underwater exploration group in the 2000.
www.freeglossary.com /DKM_Scharnhorst   (559 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Gerhard von Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Scharnhorst, recalled to the king's headquarters, refused a higher post but became Chief of Staff to Blücher, in whose vigour, energy, and influence with the young soldiers he had complete confidence.
In this battle, Scharnhorst received a wound in the foot, not in itself grave, but soon made mortal by the fatigues of the retreat to Dresden, and he succumbed to it on 28 June 1813 at Prague, whither he had travelled to negotiate with Schwarzenberg and Radetzky for the armed intervention of Austria.
Scharnhorst was a 31,500 ton Gneisenau class 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.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Gerhard-von-Scharnhorst   (2505 words)

  
 Dkm Gneisenau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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.
In the British withdrawal she and Scharnhorst surprised and sank the old British carrier HMS Glorious, herself a converted battlecruiser, and her two escorts.
Although she escaped damage in the furious air battles that resulted, she struck a mine that laid her up at Kiel, where she was badly damaged in a bombing raid that was to end her career.
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 DKM Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
DKM (Deutsche Kriegs Marine) Scharnhorst, a 31,100-ton Gneisenau-class battleship, was built at Wilhelmshaven, Germany and named after the Prussian Reformer Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst.
Realizing the futility of their mission, the Germans attempted to return to their base, but Scharnhorst was cut off by the British battleship Duke of York and her escorting cruisers and destroyers.
Scharnhorst's wreck was located and photographed by a Norwegian Navy underwater exploration group in the year 2000.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/dkm_scharnhorst   (620 words)

  
 Tri-ang Minic Ships - DKM Scharnhorst
Scharnhorst suffered significant damage to her front turret from heavy seas as well as trouble with her turbines during this operation and both ships returned to Wilhelmshaven where Scharnhorst underwent an extensive overhaul of her armament and propulsion systems.
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.
Scharnhorst was cut off by HMS Duke of York and her escorting cruisers and destroyers and in a three-hour battle was battered by gunfire and sunk by torpedoes with the loss of 1932 men.
www.triangminicships.com /classic_edition/navy/scharnhorst.htm   (583 words)

  
 Operation Weserübung   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
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
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 DKM Scharnhorst
DKM (Deutsche Kriegs Marine) Scharnhorst, a 31,100-ton Gneisenau-class battleship, was built at Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
From January 22 until March 22, 1941, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau operated in the Atlantic, sinking 22 ships and severely threatening British seaborne supply lines.
In a three-hour battle in the frigid Arctic seas, the German battleship was battered by gunfire and sunk by torpedoes.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/d/dk/dkm_scharnhorst.html   (625 words)

  
 Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
schlachtschiff.com Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau und andere Schiffe der Kriegsmarine, mit Fotogallerien und technischen Daten.
Mit historischen Bildern vom Bau der Tirpitz, Scharnhorst und der Graf Spee.
Gesamtschule Scharnhorst Bietet Sekundarstufe I (5 - 10) und gymmnasiale Oberschule (11 -13), auch als Ganztagesprogram.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Scharnhorst.html   (194 words)

  
 DKM Scharnhorst - Wikimedia Commons
DKM Scharnhorst was a 31,500 tonne 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.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler on the christening platform, as the battleship Scharnhorst is launched at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 3 October 1936.
The battleship Scharnhorst is in the left distance.
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Schlachtschiff_Scharnhorst   (794 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Prinz Eugen Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Her keel was laid at the Krupp Germania shipyard in Kiel on April 23rd 1936, and she was launched on August 22nd 1938.
Prinz Eugen fought with DKM Bismarck against HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales, May 24, 1941, after which she parted from Bismarck and headed north to sit the chase out with a refuelling ship.
With DKM Scharnhorst and DKM Gneisenau she made the "Channel Dash" back to Germany during February 11-12, 1942.
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 Gerhard von Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Stein himself became a member of the commission and secured Scharnhorst free access to King Frederick William III by organising his appointment as aide-de-camp-general.
In it Scharnhorst received a wound in the foot, not in itself grave, but soon made mortal by the fatigues of the retreat to Dresden, and he succumbed to it on 28 June 1813 at Prague, whither he had travelled to negotiate with Schwarzenberg and Radetzky for the armed intervention of Austria.
Two German navy ships, SMS Scharnhorst, and the later DKM Scharnhorst took their names after him.
gerhard-von-scharnhorst.ask.dyndns.dk   (903 words)

  
 Line Dancing in the Baltic - Part Ten   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau's guns roared in unison, twelve 15in/52cal naval cannon, six on each Battlecruiser.
The big guns of the Scharnhorst thundered again, Gneisenau's coming so close on their heels that the sounds were almost again one.
Arminius and Hansa, laid down in September of 1905, had been improved versions of the Scharnhorsts; Identical in all respects in capability except they had 21cm/45cal guns in the twin turrets and the single casemates instead of 21cm/40cal.
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 German Light Cruisers, 1939/45, reviewed by James Hood
Though not a Deutsches Kriegsmarine (DKM, WW II German navy) enthusiast, the concept of books on specific DKM ship classes WAS intriguing.
DKM light cruisers used a variant of the 88mm (8.8cm / 3.46 inch) gun as their heavy antiaircraft / secondary battery.
In the Emden (II) and early "K" class, mounts were single pedestal, shielded, manually operated, a maximum of 6 barrels (according to volumes on the DKM by H.T. Lenton, J.C. Taylor and Richard Humble).
www.modelingmadness.com /others/books/hoodlc.htm   (538 words)

  
 ipedia.com: DKM Gneisenau Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
DKM Gneisenau and her sister Scharnhorst were large heavy gun warships of World War II vintage of the German navy, or Kriegsmarine.
Due to the cost and prestige of such ships, they are often referred...
Many decades after her death, she and her sister are still discussed, admired and debated over.
www.ipedia.com /dkm_gneisenau.html   (772 words)

  
 HISTORY
The Scharnhorst had the Graf Spee's cannon components and extras and became fully combat capable.
A balsa DKM Bismarck built in NF was sold to Paul, was discarded, retrieved by Curt who refitted it, sold it, bought it back, refitted it and sold it again.
His next ship was the Vittorio Veneto, because of the similar shape and arrangement of turrets to Scharnhorst and of course it was axis.
www.pittelli.com /nabs/HISTORY.HTM   (2034 words)

  
 Australian Battle Group
There was the Richealieu, Lutzow, South Dakota, Houston, Scharnhorst, DKM Sea Slug (a modified Cimerron), Neosho (Cimerron), two liberty's (the Lucky and the SS Viper), Tokyo Rose, Fujikowa Maru (a Mamiya), Wrath of Khan (a Mamiya), San Christofo (modified tramp), and The SS Hornet (a coastal tramp).
Trevor Gotte's main priority for his DKM Scharnhorst was to get his secondaries working-the cost was that he has a short sailing time.
Young Matt Burden's DKM Deutschland is a very good ship, which, if the rear turret was traversable and could be involved in broadsides like the SD, would be a bigger pain in the arse.
www.ausbg.org /news/news1.htm   (3807 words)

  
 Line Dancing in the Baltic - Part Nine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The nine 12in guns of the Poltava roared in unison, firing at the DKM Hannover.
Admiral Marschall saw the first shell strike Hessen from the trail battleship; Either Sevastopol or Petropavlovsk, he did not know which, but she had four turrets in action, and hence definitely wasn't Gangut, and the Swedes had reputedly picked up a large number of survivors from a sunken Gangut, anyway.
Both the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau had been calibrating their new 15in/52cal guns, six per ship, after having them replaced during a refit at Kiel, which also brought Gneisenau's speed up to Scharnhorst's, so they could steadily maintain thirty-two knots; Twins indeed.
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 Catalog-Molded Parts Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
TUR-LUTZOW is used on the DKM Lutzow-Graf Spee-Adm. Scheer class heavy cruisers as well as the DKM Scharnhorst- Gneisenau class battle cruisers.
BARB-LUTZOW is a new resin barbette for the DKM Lutzow's main armament.
It is now standard in our DKM Lutzow kit and is also available as an upgrade for those with the older vacuum molded barbettes.
www.swampworks.com /Catalog-Molded-Parts.html   (1258 words)

  
 DKM Scharnhorst, 1/350 Scale   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Scharnhorst / Gneisenau semi-kit does NOT include photo-etch, gun barrels, small anti-aircraft weapons or masts.
The master is being built consistent with photos of DKM Scharnhorst.
The Scharnhorst semi-kit will allow the modeler the flexibility to build DKM Gneisenau with little modification.
home.earthlink.net /~mykidsrock/scharnhorst   (214 words)

  
 Bismarck Class Forum: USS Alaska versus DKM Scharnhorst, Rev. L. W. Knight at 12/11/2003 23:37   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Bismarck Class Forum: USS Alaska versus DKM Scharnhorst, Rev. L.
I have often heard that the Alaska class battlecruisers were built in answer to the Scharnhorst class.
Re: USS Alaska versus DKM Scharnhorst John Asmussen 12/11/2003 23:42 (
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 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.
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.
Their photos show combat, the Scharnhorst fighting ice and heavy seas, an interesting series from Hitler's visit, as well as life on board.
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 Micro RC Center Forum -> 1:72 combat submarine
I have only been working on a Scharnhorst (1/144) for about a year, so my building experience is not up to what I would like.
I would love to have one, and it would be easier in 1/72 than 1/144 so I was trying to find out what is allowed, what you can do, do I have to build a coastal sub to get torpedos...
Haha, I was just thinking about the I-400 (one of the subs we have in the WWCC) in 1/72 would be as big as Scharnhorst! According to tonnage, its in the 725 class with five guns, but the boat only had one 5" deck gun.
www.microrccars.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=29171&hl=torpedos   (2376 words)

  
 brian alexander's hobbies
Lion was a fine ship but the ease with which other ships can evade her has always frustrated me. So I have started building a model of Gneisenau's sister ship: Scharnhorst.
These German battle cruisers do not have quite the punch that Lion did but they can chase down almost anything on the water and at least pick a fight.
Each of these boats as six turrets (compared to three each in Lion, Gneisenau and Scharnhorst) but they are about half the size of my previous ships.
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 German battlecruiser Scharnhorst - Freepedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On October 3, 2000, the submerged wreck of Scharnhorst was located at about 72° 16′ North latitude, 28° 41′ East longitude, approximately 70 nautical miles (130 km) north-northeast of North Cape at a depth of nearly 300 m and photographed by the Norwegian Navy.
The battlecruiser classification came from the Royal Navy, the German Kriegsmarine classification was battleship.
Here you can find the list of authors of this article.
en.freepedia.org /DKM_Scharnhorst.html   (1338 words)

  
 Damage Report!
Hood fires on Scharnhorst going away, while Richelieu lines up the next shot.
Shots fall short as Scharnhorst and Richelieu fire on one another.
Richelieu and Nelson, in column, set up a concerntration of fire on Scharnhorst, while Lutzow tries to cross the 'T'.
www.jkmiller.net /ntxbg/pgDamageReport/pgDamageReport.htm   (279 words)

  
 Kriegsmarine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Kriegsmarine (or "War Navy") was the name of the German Navy between 1935 and 1945, during the Nazi regime, superseding the Reichsmarine.
The main war vessels available to the Kriegsmarine were U-boats, three pocket battleships, two battleships (Bismarck and Tirpitz), two battlecruisers (Scharnhorst and Gneisenau), three heavy cruisers, six light cruisers, and various smaller ships such as destroyers, torpedo boats, minelayers, minesweepers, gunboats and E-boats.
Schlachtschiff Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau und andere Schiffe der Kriegsmarine, mit Fotogalerien und technischen Daten.
www.omniknow.com /common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Kriegsmarine   (855 words)

  
 Lycos Search Results: web results for scharnhorst  1 thru 10 of 58,400
This page features a special selection of views of the German battleship Scharnhorst and provides links to comprehensive pictorial coverage.
The sinking of the 'Scharnhorst' was an enormous psychological blow for the German nation, at the height of World War Two.
November 21st-27th, 1940 the Scharnhorst sortied as far as south of
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