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, 160,000 SHP = 31.5 knots
- Armor: Main belt 12-13in, turrets 12in, decks 6in
- Armament: 9-11in (3x3), 12-5.9in (4x2+4x1), 14-4.1in AA (7x2),
16-37mm AA (8x2), 10-20mm AA guns; 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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