Scharnhorst: German Battleship of WWII
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| Scharnhorst: WWII Battleship of the German Kriegsmarine. |
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| Battleship Scharnhorst at sea. |
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| Battleship Scharnhorst: U.S. Navy Recognition Guide. |
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| German Battleship Scharnhorst: U.S. Navy Recognition Guide. |
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| Scharnhorst in harbor. |
Scharnhorst Battleship Characteristics
| Name | Scharnhorst | |
| Named After | Gerhard Johann von Scharnhorst | |
| Ordered | January 1934 | |
| Builder | Kriegsmarinewerft | |
| Laid Down | June 1935 | |
| Launched | October 1936 | |
| Commissioned | January 1939 | |
| Sunk | Battle of North Cape, December 1943 | |
| Class | Scharnhorst | |
| Displacement | 31,552 t (standard) 37,820 t (full load) | |
| Length | 229.8 m (753 ft 11 in) waterline 235.4 m (772 ft 4 in) overall | |
| Beam | 30 m (98 ft 5 in) | |
| Draft | 9.93 m (32 ft 7 in) | |
| Installed Power | 161,164 shp (120,180 kW) | |
| Propulsion | 3 Brown-Boveri geared steam turbines | |
| Speed | 33 kn (61 km/h; 38 mph) | |
| Range | 10,100 nmi (18,700 km; 11,600 mi) at 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph) | |
| Crew | 1,968 (60 officers, 1,909 enlisted) | |
| Armament | 9 28 cm/54.5 SK C/34 12 15 cm/55 SK C/28 14 10.5 cm/65 SK C/33 16 3.7 cm/L83 SK C/30 10 (later 16) 2 cm/65 C/30 or C/38 6 533 mm torpedo tubes | |
| Armor | Main belt: 35 cm (14 in) Deck: 9.5 cm (3.7 in) max. | |
| Aircraft | 3 Arado Ar 196A-3 floatplanes |
Source: Wikipedia.