Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship or battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included her sister ship Gneisenau.

Scharnhorst, German battle cruiser completed in 1939. It did great damage to Allied shipping in northern waters during World War II before it was sunk by the British battleship “Duke of York” on Dec. 26, 1943.

A bombing raid in July 1941 put Scharnhorst out of action until early 1942. Although based at Brest, France, and in a good position to attack the transatlantic convoys, she was ordered to Norway...

She was christened Scharnhorst, named for Prussian General Gerhard Scharnhorst, one of the revered founders of the Prussian Army. She could do more than 31 knots, she displaced almost 40,000 tons …

Scharnhorst was a prominent World War 2 capital ship, the lead of her class, cited as either a light battleship or a battlecruiser.

The battle cruiser Scharnhorst, alternately described as a battleship, operated with her sister ship, the Gneisenau, during the early years of World War II, with the pair sinking the British aircraft carrier …

This page features a special selection of views of the German battleship Scharnhorst and provides links to comprehensive pictorial coverage.

The Scharnhorst class was a class built prior to World War 2, and first true capital ships of the Kriegsmarine, especially compared to the previous Deutschland class "pocket battleships" which in …

Dec 22, 2025 · It’s December 1943. The intrepid German battleship Scharnhorst sails through the freezing cold waters of the Barents’ Sea, hoping to intercept a British convoy heading for the Soviet …

Only after a significant grow in size was allowed, the final development of the Scharnhorst class started. Although often called "battlecruisers", those ships were officially labeled as "battleships".