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The first capital ships of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, it comprised two vessels: Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Scharnhorst was launched first, [1] and is considered to be the lead ship by some sources; they are also referred to as the Gneisenau class in some other sources, [2] as Gneisenau was the first to be laid down and commissioned. [1]
Scharnhorst ' s forward (Anton) turret was put out of action by severe flooding. [15] Mechanical problems with her starboard turbines developed after running at full speed, which forced the ships to reduce speed to 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph). [30] Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had reached a point north-west of Lofoten, Norway, by 12:00 on 9 April ...
About the same time, Renown struck Gneisenau with two shells and a third a little later. [6] The hits damaged Gneisenau on the director tower forward range finders and aft turret putting it out of action, a port anti-aircraft gun was also hit. Renown then transferred fire to Scharnhorst, which had moved to hide Gneisenau with smoke.
Gneisenau opened fire on Ardent, the nearest destroyer at 18:28. Scharnhorst, the lead ship, fired at Glorious 4 minutes later from a range of 26,000 m (28,000 yd). Scharnhorst achieved a hit with her third salvo at 18:38 and shortly after engaged Ardent with her secondary armament, whilst still firing at Glorious with the main armament.
The Channel Dash (German: Unternehmen Zerberus, Operation Cerberus) was a German naval operation during the Second World War. [a] A Kriegsmarine (German Navy) squadron comprising two Scharnhorst-class battleships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and their escorts was evacuated from Brest in Brittany to German ports.
SMS Scharnhorst Scharnhorst steaming at high speed, c. 1907–1908 History German Empire Name Scharnhorst Namesake Gerhard von Scharnhorst Laid down 22 March 1905 Launched 23 March 1906 Commissioned 24 October 1907 Fate Sunk in action, Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914 General characteristics Class and type Scharnhorst -class armored cruiser Displacement 12,985 t (12,780 long ...
Gneisenau also struck a mine at 18:55 GMT. [33] Both ships recovered and steamed on. Scharnhorst had been stopped dead in the water with engine damage after the first hit. The failure to alert Bomber Command earlier meant a chance was missed to deliver an attack on Scharnhorst when it was most vulnerable. The second and third mine hits came ...
The engines were designed to provide 26,000 metric horsepower (19,000 kW; 26,000 ihp), though on trials they achieved higher figures—28,782 ihp for Scharnhorst and 30,396 ihp for Gneisenau. The ships were rated at a top speed of 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph), though on trials Scharnhorst steamed at a maximum of 23.5 knots (43.5 km/h; 27.0 ...