The German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were designed to challenge the naval power of France and the United Kingdom, built under the restrictions of 1930s naval treaties. Though Gneisenau ...

the first two ships of the new era of German naval expansion became the fast battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, named after a pair of crack armored cruisers destroyed at the Battle of Falkland ...

Recognizing the need for more capable vessels, Nazi Germany shifted focus, resulting in the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau fast battleships, which adhered to the basic tenets of the Washington Naval ...

My work entailed making model ships called Waterline ... We made all sorts of ships including the battleships Scharnhorst and the Gnausnaue from the German navy, some of these ships were so ...

Maximilian Graf von Spee. The Scharnhorst had tried to lead a naval attack on the Falklands, but the German squadron was surprised by a larger force of British warships. During the resulting ...

In 1941, along with the Gneisenau, it attacked and sank 22 merchant ships before entering Brest. After repairs it was sent to attack the arctic convoy JW55B on Christmas Day 1943. The Scharnhorst ...

During the battle the Scharnhorst's guns were gradually disabled, one by one On 26 December 1943 one of the great sea battles of World War II took place. Germany's most famous battleship - the ...

"Lucky Scharnhorst", as she was known in Germany, was a focus for national pride. So he decided to withdraw to Norway, and use to the full her speed advantage of five knots. The British ships ...