German battleship Gneisenau

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Scharnhorst-class battleship battleship capital ship

The German battleship Gneisenau was a World War II Kriegsmarine capital ship of the Scharnhorst class that conducted Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
German battleship Gneisenau canonical 7
Gneisenau 4
Scharnhorst class 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Scharnhorst-class battleship ⓘ
battleship ⓘ
capital ship ⓘ
aircraftFacilities catapult ⓘ
hangar ⓘ
armamentAA 2 cm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
3.7 cm anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
armamentMain 9 × 28 cm SK C/34 guns in three triple turrets ⓘ
armamentSecondary 12 × 15 cm SK C/28 guns ⓘ
14 × 10.5 cm SK C/33 guns ⓘ
beam approximately 30 m ⓘ
builder Deutsche Werke Kiel ⓘ
carriedAircraft Arado Ar 196 ⓘ
surface form: Arado Ar 196 seaplanes
class German battleship Gneisenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Scharnhorst class
commissioned 1938-05-21 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
crewComplement approximately 1660 ⓘ
up to about 1840 with air crew ⓘ
damagedBy British air attack on Kiel ⓘ
air raid on Brest ⓘ
mines in the North Sea ⓘ
decommissioned 1942 ⓘ
displacementFullLoad approximately 38000 tons ⓘ
displacementStandard approximately 32000 tons ⓘ
draft approximately 9.9 m ⓘ
event heavily damaged in British air raid on Kiel in 1942 ⓘ
fate scuttled as blockship in Gdynia harbor ⓘ
stripped of useful equipment ⓘ
flag Imperial German war ensign ⓘ
surface form: war ensign of Nazi Germany
homePort Kiel ⓘ
laidDown 1935-05-06 ⓘ
launched 1936-12-08 ⓘ
lengthOverall approximately 234.9 m ⓘ
locationOfScuttling Gdynia ⓘ
surface form: Gotenhafen (Gdynia)
namedAfter August Neidhardt von Gneisenau ⓘ
surface form: August von Gneisenau
navalEnsign Kriegsmarine ensign ⓘ
notableEngagement Atlantic raiding operations against Allied shipping ⓘ
action against HMS Glorious ⓘ
operationParticipated Operation Berlin ⓘ
Operation Weserübung ⓘ
operator Kriegsmarine ⓘ
powerOutput approximately 160000 shp ⓘ
propulsion 12 Wagner boilers ⓘ
3 geared steam turbines ⓘ
steam turbines ⓘ
range approximately 8900 nmi at 19 knots ⓘ
reconstructionPlan planned rearmament with 38 cm guns ⓘ
role Atlantic commerce raider ⓘ
scrapped post-World War II ⓘ
shipyard Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel ⓘ
sisterShip German battleship Scharnhorst ⓘ
statusAfterDamage reconstruction abandoned ⓘ
theaterOfOperations North Atlantic area ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Norwegian waters ⓘ
tookPartIn Channel Dash ⓘ
topSpeed 31 knots ⓘ
yearScuttled 1945 ⓘ

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

Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → participant → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → shipClassInvolved → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst-class battleship
Operation Berlin (Atlantic) → notableShip → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gneisenau
Operation Berlin → hasPart → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
Operation Berlin → shipInvolved → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gneisenau
Kriegsmarine → notableShip → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gneisenau
German battleship Scharnhorst → sisterShip → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
German battleship Gneisenau → class → German battleship Gneisenau self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scharnhorst class
Operation Cerberus → involvedShip → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
Channel Dash → involvedShip → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gneisenau
Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel → builtWarship → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel → notableConstruction → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
this entity surface form: battleship Gneisenau
HMS Rawalpindi → engagedShip → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ
HMS Glorious → sunkBy → German battleship Gneisenau ⓘ