German battleship Scharnhorst

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf battleship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 15 cm guns
12 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
16 × 37 mm anti-aircraft guns
9 × 28 cm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 350 mm
gptkbp:beam 36 meters
gptkbp:builder Kaiserliche Werft
gptkbp:class Scharnhorst-class
gptkbp:commissioned 1939-01-07
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:crew 1,968
gptkbp:dateOfDeath 1943-12-26
gptkbp:decommissioned 1943-02-26
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkbp:deployedTo gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:displacement 32,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 10.3 meters
gptkbp:famousFor engaging_British_naval_forces.
gptkbp:famousRival Operation Juno.
Operation Nordwind.
Operation Rösselsprung.
Battle_of_the_Atlantic.
Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea.
gptkbp:fate sunk in battle
remains on the seabed.
gptkbp:finalDisposal gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:finalScore lost at sea.
gptkbp:historicalImpact influenced naval tactics.
gptkbp:historicalRole German_naval_warfare
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First major German warship sunk by the Royal Navy in WWII.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German battleship Scharnhorst
gptkbp:launchDate 1936-10-03
gptkbp:launched gptkb:Admiral_Raeder
gptkbp:length 251 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:Barents_Sea
gptkbp:navalFleet gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Scharnhorst
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Erich_Raeder
gptkb:Otto_Ciliax
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Berlin
Operation Cerberus
gptkbp:operationalRange gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:replacedBy none
gptkbp:servedIn Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Gneisenau
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:type capital ship