German battleship Scharnhorst

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Kriegsmarine ship battleship capital ship warship

The German battleship Scharnhorst was a fast, heavily armed World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship known for its Atlantic raiding operations and eventual sinking by the Royal Navy in the Battle of the North Cape.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
German battleship Scharnhorst canonical 9
Scharnhorst 5
SMS Scharnhorst 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kriegsmarine ship ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
capital ship ⓘ
warship ⓘ
airGroup Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
armament anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
beam 30 m ⓘ
commissionedOn 1939-01-07 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 1,800 men ⓘ
dateOfSinking 1943-12-26 ⓘ
draft 9.9 m ⓘ
engagedShip HMS Duke of York ⓘ
HMS Glorious ⓘ
HMS Rawalpindi ⓘ
Royal Navy destroyers ⓘ
era World War II ⓘ
fate sunk in combat ⓘ
fullLoadDisplacement approximately 38,000 tons ⓘ
laidDownAt Reichsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven ⓘ
surface form: Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven
laidDownOn 1935-06-15 ⓘ
launchedOn 1936-10-03 ⓘ
length 234.9 m ⓘ
mainArmament 9 × 28 cm (11 in) SK C/34 guns ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 31 knots ⓘ
namedAfter Gerhard von Scharnhorst ⓘ
notableCharacteristic heavily armored ⓘ
high speed for a battleship ⓘ
used as an Atlantic raider ⓘ
notableFor Atlantic raiding operations ⓘ
operatedBy Kriegsmarine ⓘ
placeOfSinking off North Cape, Norway ⓘ
propulsion steam turbines ⓘ
three shafts ⓘ
sank HMS Glorious ⓘ
HMS Rawalpindi ⓘ
secondaryArmament 12 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns ⓘ
shipClass German battleship Scharnhorst self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Scharnhorst-class battleship
sisterShip German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
standardDisplacement approximately 31,000 tons ⓘ
sunkBy HMS Duke of York ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy destroyers ⓘ
sunkInBattle Battle of the North Cape ⓘ
tookPartIn Atlantic commerce raiding ⓘ
Battle of the North Cape ⓘ
Channel Dash ⓘ
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian Campaign

Operation Berlin ⓘ
Operation Weserübung ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → participant → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → notableShip → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst
Operation Berlin → hasPart → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
Operation Berlin → shipInvolved → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst
Kriegsmarine → notableShip → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst
Imperial German Navy → notableShip → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
this entity surface form: SMS Scharnhorst
German battleship Scharnhorst → shipClass → German battleship Scharnhorst self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst-class battleship
German battleship Gneisenau → sisterShip → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
Battle of the North Cape → shipSunk → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
Battle of the North Cape → shipInvolved → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst
Operation Cerberus → involvedShip → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
SMS Gneisenau → class → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst class
Channel Dash → involvedShip → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst
HMS Rawalpindi → engagedShip → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
HMS Glorious → sunkBy → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
HMS Duke of York → engagedShip → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser → opponent → German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
subject surface form: Bruce Fraser