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  Gerhard von Scharnhorst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (November 12, 1755 - June 28, 1813) was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars.
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, where he had travelled to negotiate with Schwarzenberg and Radetzky for the armed intervention of Austria.
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 NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Scharnhorst was a 31,500 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named to commemorate the World War I armored cruiser SMS Scharnhorst, which was in turn named after the Prussian general Gerhard von Scharnhorst.
Scharnhorst was recalled to the king's headquarters, and after refusing a higher post was made chief of staff to Bliicher, in whose vigour, energy and influence with the young soldiers he had complete confidence.
Scharnhorst was a 31,500 tonne 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.
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 SMS Scharnhorst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SMS Scharnhorst was an 11,616 ton armored cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built at the Blohm and Voss Shipyard in Hamburg, Germany.
She was named after the Prussian reformer general Gerhard von Scharnhorst and commissioned on 24 October 1907.
In the ensuing Battle of the Falkland Islands, SMS Scharnhorst was lost with her entire crew, together with all of her squadron except the SMS Dresden, which was sunk 3 months later off Valparaíso, Chile.
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 DKM Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
After initial service in mid- 1939 she was modified with a new located further aft and her straight bow by a "clipper bow" to improve her However her relatively low freeboard ensured that was always very "wet" when at sea.
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.
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 Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
She was further damaged by abomb a few days later and was under repair for most of the rest of 1940.
In a three-hour battle in the frigid Arctic seas, the German battleship was battered by gunfire and sunk bytorpedoes.
Scharnhorst's wreck was located and photographed by a Norwegian Navy underwater exploration group in the year 2000.
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 Admiral Graf Spee
The squadron consisted of the armoured cruisers SMS Scharnhorst (flag) and Gneisenau and the light cruisers Emden, Leipzig and Nürnberg.
SMS Scharnhorst and her sister SMS Gneisenau were modern and powerful armoured cruisers.
SMS Leipzig was the oldest of the German cruisers based overseas.
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 World War 1 Pictures
The German light cruiser SMS Mainz being watched by British seaman as she sinks at the Battle of Heligoland Bight on the 28th of August 1914.
Scharnhorst took part in the German victory at the Battle of Coronel off the coast of Chile on 1st November 1914 before being sunk by British forces at the Battle of the Falkland Islands on the 8th of December 1914.
Picture of the German Dreadnought battleship SMS Westfalen firing her 11inch main guns seen from SMS Nassau whilst both were part of the I Battle Squadron.
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 Battle of the Falkland Islands
Each of the British battle cruisers were fitted with eight 12-inch guns, whereas Spee's SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau[?] each had 8.2-inch guns.
Despite initial success by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in striking HMS Invincible (commanded by Edward Bingham[?]), and in then resuming a hasty escape, Sturdee managed to bring his powerful cruisers within extreme firing range some forty minutes later.
The only German ship to escape was the light cruiser SMS Dresden[?], which roamed at large for a further three months before its captain surrendered off the Juan Fernandez Islands[?] on 14 March 1915.
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 Dkm Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Caught off guard, the British were unable to stop the ships with air and surface attacks, though both Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were damaged by mines during the latter part of the voyage.
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.
In a three-hour battle in the frigid Arctic seas, the German battleship was battered by gunfire and sunk by torpedoes.
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 German battlecruiser Scharnhorst: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Scharnhorst was a 31,500 ton Gneisenau class (Gneisenau class: more facts about this subject) battlecruiser (battlecruiser: more facts about this subject) of the German Kriegsmarine (Kriegsmarine: the kriegsmarine (or "war navy") was the name of the german navy between 1935...
In the spring of 1940 Scharnhorst and Gneisenau covered the invasion of Norway (Norway: A constitutional monarchy in northern Europe on the western side of the Scandinavian Peninsula; achieved independence from Sweden in 1905).
The German escorting destroyers returned to their base, while Scharnhorst was cut off by the Battle group headed by the British battleship Duke of York (Duke of York: more facts about this subject) and her escorting cruisers and destroyers.
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 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.
Sie wurde nach Gerhard von Scharnhorst benannt, der in Preußen die allgemeine Wehrpflicht einführte und für tiefgreifende Reformen der preußischen Armee verantwortlich war.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler on the christening platform, as the battleship Scharnhorst is launched at Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 3 October 1936.
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 SCHARNHORST (SCHIFF)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Sie wurden benannt nach Gerhard von Scharnhorst, der in Preußen die allgemeine Wehrpflicht einführte und für tiefgreifende Reformen der preußischen Armee verantwortlich war.
Der Große Kreuzer S.M.S. Scharnhorst war Flaggschiff des Kommandanten des deutschen Ostasiengeschwaders Vizeadmiral Graf von Spee.
Die Scharnhorst wurde beim Seegefecht bei den Falklandinseln versenkt und mit ihr 860 Mann.
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 SMS Scharnhorst - Großer Kreuzer der Kaiserlichen Marine
Bei einem Besuch von S.M.S. Scharnhorst und S.M.S. Nürnberg auf den Karolinen kam es zu einen starken Verbrauch von 5 Pfennig-Marken, da alle Besatzungsangehörigen natürlich eine Postkarte in die Heimat senden wollten.
S.M.S. Gneisenau schießt sich auf H.M.S. Monmouth ein und ein Treffer sprengt ihr die Turmdecke ab und bringt die Bereitschaftsmunition zum Brennen, eine gewaltige Stichflamme schlägt empor.
Mit S.M.S. Scharnhorst und S.M.S. Gneisenau drehte er dann auf, um die Schlacht aufzunehmen und möglichst viele der Gegner von der Verfolgung der Kleinen Kreuzer abzuhalten.
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 GERMAN BATTLECRUISER SCHARNHORST : Encyclopedia Entry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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.
On Christmas day 1943, Scharnhorst and several destroyers, under the command of Konteradmiral (Rear Admiral) Erich Bey, put to sea with the purpose of attacking the Russia-bound Arctic convoys JW 55B and RA 55A north of Norway.
On 3 October 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.
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 SMS Dresden   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The SMS Dresden was a German light cruiser of the Dresden-class, commisioned in 1908.
Together with SMS Leipzig she damaged and forced the escape of the British cruiser HMS Glasgow.
Approximately one month later, SMS Dresden was the only German cruiser to escape at the disastrous Battle of the Falkland Islands, her turbine engines proving faster than her expansion-engined squadron mates.
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 SMS Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SMS Scharnhorst was an 11,616 ton armoured cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built at Hamburg, Germany, named after the Prussian Reformer Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst and commissioned in October 1907.
On 8 December 1914 the five cruisersof the squadron attempted to attack Port Stanley in the FalklandIslands, unaware of the presence of two British battlecruisers and five cruisers.
In the ensuing Battle of the Falkland Islands, SMSScharnhorst was lost with her entire crew, together with all of her squadron except the SMS Dresden.
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 math lessons - German battlecruiser Scharnhorst
Scharnhorst was a 31,500 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst, which was in turn named after the Prussian general Gerhard von Scharnhorst.
The German escorting destroyers returned to their base, while Scharnhorst was cut off by the Battle group headed by the British battleship Duke of York and her escorting cruisers and destroyers.
Scharnhorst's wreck was located at 300m depth 70nm north of North Cape and photographed by a Norwegian Navy underwater exploration group in the year 2000.
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 Scharnhorst - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SMS Scharnhorst was an armored cruiser of World War I, sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands.
The battlecruiser (or light battleship) Scharnhorst was launched in 1936 and saw action in World War II.
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
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 SCHLACHTSCHIFF Scharnhorst | Schlachtschiffe Bismarck, Tirpitz, Gneisenau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Unter dem Schutz der Scharnhorst und Gneisenau werden zehn Zerstörer unter Führung von Kommodore Bonte bis zum Vestfjord, südlich der Lofoten, und dann allein nach Narvik zur Durchführung ihrer Aufgabe gehen, während die Admiral Hipper, mit Konteradmiral Schmundt an Bord, und vier Zerstörern Drontheim besetzen.
Gneisenau und Scharnhorst sind auf dem Rückmarsch, bei Hellwerden stehen sie querab der Orkney-Inseln.
Exposion in Abteilung III an Bord der Scharnhorst.
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 World War I - Wikimedia Commons
The light cruiser SMS Cöln (I), sunk at the battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914.
The armoured cruiser SMS Gneisenau, sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914.
The armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst, sunk with all hands at the Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914.
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 Gerhard von Scharnhorst   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Born at Bordenau near Hanover, of farming stock, he succeeded in educating himself and in securing admission to the military academy of Wilhelmstein, and in 1778 received a commission in the Hanoverian service.
By direct application to Napoleon, Scharnhorst evaded the decree of September 26, 1810, which mandated all foreigners to leave the Prussian service forthwith, but when in 1811-1812 France forced Prussia into an alliance against Russia and Prussia despatched an auxiliary army to serve under Napoleon's orders, Scharnhorst left Berlin on unlimited leave of absence.
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.
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 SMS Scharnhorst: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
SMS Gneisenau[For more info, EHandler: no quick summary.
SMS Dresden[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]
SMS Bayern[For more info, EHandler: no quick summary.
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 Scharnhorst - The Jiggies Reference Guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 several ships and severely threatening British seaborne supply lines.
On Christmas day, 1943, Scharnhorst and several destroyers put to sea to attack a convoy northwest of Norway.
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 German battleship Scharnhorst - TheBestLinks.com - April 9, Battleship, Cruiser, December 25, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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Scharnhorst was a 31,100-ton Gneisenau-class battleship of the German Kriegsmarine, named to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst, which was in turn named after the Prussian general Gerhard von Scharnhorst
Her first wartime operation was a sweep into the Iceland-Faroes passage in late November 1939 with her sister Gneisenau in which the British armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi was sunk.
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 Battle of Coronel
Patrolling South America at that time was Admiral Cradock's West Indies Squadron, which consisted of two armoured cruisers, HMS Good Hope (Cradock's flagship) and HMS Monmouth, the light cruiser HMS Glasgow, and a converted ex-liner, Otranto.
Cradock's fleet was by no means modern or particularly strong, and certainly ill-matched when set against Spee's formidable force of five vessels, led by the armoured cruisers SMS Scharnhorst and SMS Gneisenau plus a further three light cruisers, all modern, efficient ships.
Cradock had received word, again via intercepted radio signal on 31 October that SMS Leipzig[?], the slowest light cruiser in Spee's fleet, was in the area.
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 German battlecruiser Scharnhorst -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Since it was too risky to attempt via the North Atlantic, on 11-13 February 1942, the three big ships, escorted by dozens of minesweepers and other small craft, made a daring dash — the "Channel Dash" — through the English Channel, called Operation Cerberus, to reach Germany.
On Christmas day, 1943, Scharnhorst and several destroyers, under the command of Konteradmiral Erich Bey, put to sea with the purpose of attacking the Russia-bound Arctic convoys JW 55B and RA 55A north of Norway.
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.
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 CHRISTOPHER A LONG - Battles of Coronel & The Falkland Islands
The Scharnhorst caught fire forward, but not seriously, and her fire slackened perceptibly; the Gneisenau was badly hit by the Inflexible.
the Scharnhorst led round about 10 points to starboard; just previously her fire had slackened perceptibly, and one shell had shot away her third funnel; some guns were not firing, and it would appear that the turn was dictated by a desire to bring her starboard guns into action.
The effect of the fire on the Scharnhorst became more and more apparent in consequence of smoke from fires, and also escaping steam; at times a shell would cause a large hole to appear in her side, through which could be seen a dull red glow of flame.
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