D.K.M. Scharnhorst
1940
(Neptun 1003)
- Class: Scharnhorst - 2 battlecruisers of 1935
- Displacement: 32,000 tons
- Dimensions: 741.5 x 98.5 x 24.5 ft.
- Machinery: 3-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 160,000 = 31.5 knots
- Armor: Main belt 12-13 in., turrets 12 in., decks 6 in.
- Armament: 9-11 in. (3x3), 12-5.9 in (4x2+4x1), 14-4.1 in. A.A. (7x2),
16-37 mm. A.A. (8x2), 10-20mm. A.A. guns; 6-21 in. (2x3) T.T.; 4 aircraft
- Complement: 1,800
- Builder: Wilhelmshaven D.Y.
- Laid Down: 16 May 1935
- Launched: 3 Oct 1936
- Completed: 7 Jan 1939
- Actions: 1939-40 Operations in Atlantic in company with Gneisenau, 23 Nov 39 sank AMC Rawalpindi, SE of Iceland; 1940 Norwegian Campaign; 8 Jun 40 sank aircraft carrier HMS
Glorious
, and destroyers Ardent and Acasta off Norway; 1941 Raiding in Atlantic in company with Gneisenau - 22 ships destroyed, 115,622 tons; Feb 41 to Brest, bombed at intervals by R.A.F.; 12 Feb 42 Broke out from Brest in company of Gneisenau and
Prinz Eugen (Operation Cerberus)
mined and damaged en route; 6 Sep 43 Bombardment of shore installations on Spitzbergen in company with Tirpitz; 26 Dec 43 Sunk in Battle of North Cape, position 72o16'N, 28o41'E, by gunfire from battleship HMS
Duke of York
and finally torpedoed by destroyers.
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