Scharnhorst-class battleship

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:starship
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 2 seaplanes
gptkbp:armament 12 × 20 mm guns
12 × 15 cm guns
16 × 37 mm guns
9 × 28 cm guns
gptkbp:armor up to 350 mm
gptkbp:class gptkb:Scharnhorst-class
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Captain_Ernst_Lindemann
gptkb:Ernst_Lindemann
gptkb:Otto_Ciliax
gptkb:Captain_Otto_Ciliax
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Wilhelmshaven
1939
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Deutsche_Werke
gptkbp:country gptkb:government_agency
gptkbp:crew 1,800 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned gptkb:Norway
1943
gptkbp:displacement 32,000 tons
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Operation_Berlin
gptkb:Battle_of_the_Barents_Sea
gptkb:Operation_Cerberus
gptkbp:fate 1943
sunk
gptkbp:features high speed and heavy armament.
gptkbp:historical_context interwar naval arms race.
gptkbp:historical_impact significant in naval warfare history.
gptkbp:historical_role surface raider.
gptkbp:historical_significance first German battleship to engage in combat after World War I.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Scharnhorst-class battleship
gptkbp:launched 1936
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war naval design.
gptkbp:length 251 meters
gptkbp:location gptkb:Norwegian_Sea
gptkbp:losses gptkb:HMS_Duke_of_York
gptkb:North_Cape,_Norway
1943
gptkbp:military_strategy Battle of North Cape.
Battle of the Barents Sea.
Operation Berlin.
Operation Cerberus.
gptkbp:name gptkb:Gneisenau
gptkb:Scharnhorst
gptkbp:notable_battle December 26, 1943
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Battle_of_the_North_Cape
gptkbp:notable_ships 4 × 53.3 cm
gptkbp:origin German naval treaties.
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:radar Fu MO 23
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:service_years 1939-1943
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:Gneisenau
gptkbp:speed 32 knots
gptkbp:type gptkb:starship