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Scharnhorst Battlecruiser
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Specifications
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Scharnhorst was a famous World
War II 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser
of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian
general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst
and to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser
SMS Scharnhorst. She usually sailed into battle
accompanied by her sistership, the equally famous
Gneisenau.
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| Ordered |
25 January 1934 |
| Laid down |
15 June 1935 |
| Launched |
3 October 1936 |
| Commissioned |
7 January 1939 |
| Decommissioned |
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| Fate |
Sunk in the Battle of North Cape on
26 December 1943 |
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| Displacement |
31,552 tonnes (standard)
38,900 tonnes (full load) |
| Length |
235.4 m (772.3 ft) overall
229.8 m (753.9 ft) waterline |
| Beam |
30 m (98.4 ft) |
| Draft |
9.93 m (32.5 ft) at 37,500 long tons
(38,100 tonnes) |
| Armament |
9-280 mm (11 in) (3x3)
12-150 mm (5.9 in) (4x2, 4x1)
14-105 mm (4.1 in) AA (7x2)
16-37 mm AA (8x2)
10-20 mm AA (later 38)
6-533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft |
3 Arado Ar196A-3, 1 catapult |
| Propulsion |
3 Brown-Boveri geared turbines;
3 three-bladed propellers, 4.8 m (15.75 ft) diameter;
161,164 SHP (120.18 MW) = 33 kt |
| Range |
10,100 nm at 19 kt (18,700 km at 35
km/h) |
| Complement |
1,968 (60 officers, 1909 enlisted) |
| See Also |
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