Scharnhorst Class Battleships Class Overview

Name
Builder
Launched
Fate
Scharnhorst
Kriegsmarine Werft
Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Oct. 3, 1936
Sunk Dec. 26, 1943 off the
North Cape.

Gneisenau
Deutsche Werke
Kiel, Germany
Dec. 8, 1936
Scrapped at Gdynia, Poland
from 1947-1951.
(See note)
Note
Gneisenau was damaged Feb. 27, 1942 in an RAF air raid on Kiel and sent to Gotenhafen (Gdynia), Poland for reconstruction. Construction was cancelled and she was sunk as a blockship at Gotenhafen on Mar. 28, 1945.