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Scharnhorst-class battleship Gneisenau.
Laid down: 6 May 1935
Launched: 8 December 1936
Commissioned: 21 May 1938
Decommissioned: 1 July 1942
Main armament: 9 x 280 mm
Fate: Sunk as a blockship 27 March 1945 in Gotenhafen (Gdynia). Scrapped after the war.
Gneisenau broadside view
Kriegsmarine Battleship Gneisenau
German battleship Gneisenau
German battleship Gneisenau Broadside
German battlecruiser Gneisenau
Kriegsmarine battleship Gneisenau at sea
Schlachtschiff Gneisenau 1939
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Schlachtschiff (Battleship) Gneisenau
battlecruiser Gneisenau
Scharnhorst-class battleship Gneisenau.
Laid down: 6 May 1935
Launched: 8 December 1936
Commissioned: 21 May 1938
Decommissioned: 1 July 1942
Main armament: 9 x 280 mm
Fate: Sunk as a blockship 27 March 1945 in Gotenhafen (Gdynia). Scrapped after the war.
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- German Battleships 1939–45, Osprey New Vanguard 71
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- Garrett – Scharnhorst & Gneisenau: Elusive Sisters
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- John Potter – Durchbruch: Die Heimkehr der Schlachtschiffe Scharnhorst und Gneisenau (german)