Gneisenau-class battlecruiser

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:SMS_Gneisenau
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 3 aircraft
gptkbp:armament 8 × 3.7 cm Flak 43
9 × 28 cm SKC/34 guns
gptkbp:armor up to 300 mm
belt, deck, turret armor
gptkbp:arrangements 2 funnels
gptkbp:battery_life 12 × 15 cm guns
9 × 28 cm guns
gptkbp:commissioned 1938
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:government_agency
1934-1938
gptkbp:crew 1,400 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1945
gptkbp:deployment North Atlantic
gptkbp:designed_by gptkb:Krupp
gptkbp:displacement 32,000 tons
gptkbp:engine_type oil-fired boilers
gptkbp:fate sunk or scrapped
gptkbp:features high speed and heavy armament
gptkbp:frequency 1938-1945
gptkbp:height 30 meters
gptkbp:historical_context Nazi Germany's naval strategy
gptkbp:historical_significance World War II naval warfare
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Gneisenau-class battlecruiser
gptkbp:launched 1936
gptkbp:length 250 meters
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_Cape_Matapan
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Denmark_Strait
gptkb:Operation_Rheinübung
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
gptkb:Operation_Weserübung
gptkbp:notable_ships gptkb:SMS_Gneisenau
gptkb:SMS_Scharnhorst
2
4 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Berlin
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Atlantic
gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkb:Operation_Cerberus
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
steam turbine propulsion
gptkbp:radar Fu MO 23
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replaced_by aircraft carriers
gptkbp:sister_ship Scharnhorst-class battlecruiser
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:status scrapped post-war
gptkbp:type_of gptkb:Gneisenau-class