German battleship Scharnhorst

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/German_battleship_Scharnhorst
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
10 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
14 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) AA guns
16 × 3.7 cm AA guns
9 × 28 cm (11 in) guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Knight's_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross_(to_crew_members)
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:beam 30 m
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Kriegsmarinewerft_Wilhelmshaven
gptkbp:category gptkb:Scharnhorst-class_battleships
World War II battleships of Germany
1936 ships
Ships built in Wilhelmshaven
gptkbp:class gptkb:Scharnhorst-class_battleship
gptkbp:commissioned 7 January 1939
gptkbp:country gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:crew 1,669
gptkbp:crewLost over 1,700
gptkbp:displacement 32,100 tonnes (full load)
gptkbp:draught 9.9 m
gptkbp:endDate 1943
gptkbp:fate sunk
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label German battleship Scharnhorst
gptkbp:laidDown 15 June 1935
gptkbp:launched 3 October 1936
gptkbp:length 234.9 m
gptkbp:locationSunk off North Cape, Norway
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Otto_Ciliax
gptkb:Friedrich_Hüffmeier
gptkbp:notableEngagement engaged HMS Duke of York
sank HMS Acasta
sank HMS Ardent
sank HMS Glorious
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Channel_Dash_(Operation_Cerberus)
gptkb:Operation_Juno
gptkb:Operation_Berlin
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:propulsion 3 geared steam turbines
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:German_battleship_Gneisenau
gptkbp:speed 31.5 knots
gptkbp:startYear 1939
gptkbp:sunkBy 26 December 1943
gptkbp:survived 36
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:North_Cape_1943
gptkb:Sinking_of_Scharnhorst
gptkb:German_battleship_Gneisenau
gptkb:HMS_Acasta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6