Anatomy of the Ship: The Battleship Scharnhorst by Stefan Draminski (2021)

Description: The Battleship Scharnhorst (Anatomy of The Ship) by Stefan Draminski (Author) The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. She was launched on 3 October 1936 and completed in January 1939, armed with nine 28cm C/34 guns in three triple turrets. She operated with Gneisenau for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties into the Atlantic to raid British merchant shipping. They took part in Operation Weserübung (April–June 1940), the German invasion of Norway during which they sank the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her escort destroyers Acasta and Ardent. Scharnhorst also sank HMS Rawalpindi in November 1939. In early 1943, Scharnhorst joined the Tirpitz in Norway to intercept Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. On a sortie from Norway to attack a convoy, the German force was intercepted by British ships and during the Battle of the North Cape (26 December 1943), HMS Duke of York and her escorts sank Scharnhorst and most of her crew was lost. Publisher ‏ : ‎ Osprey Publishing (January 19, 2021)Language ‏ : ‎ EnglishHardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pagesISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1472840232ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9781472840233

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