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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Kriegsmarine ship → battleship → capital ship → warship →
airGroup	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	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	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 → Norwegian Campaign → Operation Berlin → Operation Weserübung →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Imperial German Navy ("SMS Scharnhorst") → Kriegsmarine ("Scharnhorst") → Operation Berlin (Atlantic) ("Scharnhorst") →	notableShip
Operation Berlin →	hasPart
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) →	participant
German battleship Scharnhorst ("Scharnhorst-class battleship") →	shipClass
Operation Berlin ("Scharnhorst") →	shipInvolved
German battleship Gneisenau →	sisterShip