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Scharnhorst |
Type: |
Battleship |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Kriegsmarine Werft Wilhelmshaven, Germany (Marinewerft before 1935) |
Hull Number: |
125 (Builder's number) Panzerschiff D |
Ordered: |
January 25, 1934 |
Commissioned: |
January 7, 1939
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Keel Laid: |
June 15, 1935*
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Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
October 3, 1936
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Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sunk Dec. 26, 1943 by HMS Duke of York and escorting British warships (gunfire and torpedoes).
Location: Barents Sea north of the North Cape of Norway (72.16N - 28.41E) 1,932 crewmen were killed, 36 survivors. |
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Dimensions, machinery and performance |
Length: |
753' 9" 772' 3" (after new stem) |
Engines: |
3 Brown-Boveri geared turbines |
Beam: |
98' 4" |
Boilers: |
12 Wagner three drum type |
Draft: |
32' 5" max |
Shafts: |
3 |
Displacement: |
31,800 std. / 38,900 full |
SHP: |
160,000 |
Speed: |
31.6 knots |
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Crew: |
1,840 |
Range: |
6,200 NM @ 19 knots |
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Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
9 |
11"/54.5 (280mm) SK C/34 |
3 triple turrets |
44,760 yards @ 40° (25.4 miles) with a 725.5 lb. armor piercing shell |
12 |
5.9"/55 (150mm) SK C/28 |
4 twin turrets 4 single mounts |
25,153 yards @ 40° (14.2 miles) with a 99.87 lb. HE shell |
14 |
4.1"/65 SK C/33 |
7 twin mounts |
19,357 yards @ 45° AA ceiling 41,010' @ 80° |
16 |
1.5"/83 (37mm) SK C/30 |
8 twin mounts |
9,300 yards @ 45° AA ceiling 22,310' @ 85° |
10 |
0.79"/65 (20mm) AA MG |
single mounts |
5,360 yards @ 45° AA ceiling 12,140' @ 85° |
6 |
21" (533mm) torpedo tubes |
2 triple launchers |
G7a T1 torpedoes 6,560 yards @ 44 knots 8,750 yards @ 40 knots 15,300 yards @ 30 knots 661 lb. Hexanite warhead |
3 |
Aircraft |
Arado Ar-196 |
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Notes |
*The first keel was laid down on Feb. 14, 1934 but construction was cancelled and it was scrapped due to design modifications. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Dec. 14, 2007 |