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Gneisenau (German pronunciation: [ˈɡnaɪ̯zənaʊ̯]) was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the second vessel of her class , which included her sister ship, Scharnhorst .
SMS Gneisenau, World War I armoured cruiser, launched in 1906 and sunk in 1914 SS Gneisenau (1935) , a Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner, scrapped in 1950 German battleship Gneisenau , a World War II battleship launched in 1936 and scuttled as a blockship in 1945; sister ship to Scharnhorst
August Wilhelm Antonius Graf [1] Neidhardt von Gneisenau [2] (27 October 1760 – 23 August 1831) was a Prussian field marshal. He was a prominent figure in the reform of the Prussian military and the War of Liberation .
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] They marked the beginning of German naval rearmament after the Treaty of Versailles.
Lütjens initially took the ships into Korsfjord in Norway and planned to repair Gneisenau at Trondheim, but was ordered to return to Germany. [20] Both ships reached Gotenhafen on 2 January. [19] Gneisenau was transferred to Kiel to be repaired. [19] The battleships received additional small calibre anti-aircraft guns during this period. [19] [20]
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.
Gneisenau ' s screws were slightly smaller, at 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in) wide on the center shaft and 4.80 m (15 ft 9 in) on the outer pair. The triple expansion engines were supplied with steam by 18 coal-fired marine-type boilers with 36 fire boxes.
SMS Gneisenau [a] was an armored cruiser of the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), part of the two-ship Scharnhorst class. Named for the earlier screw corvette of the same name , the ship was laid down in June 1904 at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen , launched in June 1906, and commissioned in March 1908.