HMS Scharnhorst

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:armament 9 × 28 cm guns
gptkbp:armor 150 mm
gptkbp:class gptkb:Scharnhorst-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Otto_Ciliax
Rear Admiral Erich Bey
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Kriegsmarine
1908
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:government_agency
Schichau Unterweser
gptkbp:crew 1,668 men
gptkbp:decommissioned 1943
gptkbp:displacement 14,500 tons
gptkbp:famous_for engaging British forces
gptkbp:fate sunk in battle
sunk by British battleships
gptkbp:fought_in gptkb:starship
Arctic waters
gptkbp:historical_analysis analyzed in military studies
gptkbp:historical_context World War II naval warfare
gptkbp:historical_role symbol of German naval ambition
gptkbp:historical_significance German naval power in WWII
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Wilhelmshaven
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMS Scharnhorst
gptkbp:is_engaged_in surface warfare
gptkbp:launched 1907
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war naval design
remains a subject of naval history studies
gptkbp:length 210 meters
gptkbp:losses gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
December 26, 1943
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:mission engagement with British forces
gptkbp:notable_battle gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkb:Operation_Cerberus
gptkbp:notable_feature heavy artillery
gptkbp:notable_for gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
gptkbp:notable_traits high speed for a battleship
gptkbp:operates_under gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:operational_range long-range operations
gptkbp:origin Scharnhorst, a Prussian general
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Operation_Berlin
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:role gptkb:starship
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:services 1914-1943
gptkbp:significant_event sinking in 1943
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Gneisenau
gptkbp:speed 28 knots
gptkbp:strategic_importance German naval strategy
gptkbp:type gptkb:starship