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Gneisenau

Schlachtschiff 1938 - 1945  Gneisenau  Class

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Schlachtschiff Gneisenau 1939/1940



Contruction Data

Laid down:     Deutsche Werke Kiel, 06.05.1935 (Slipway 1)
Launched:     08.12.1936
Commissioned:     21.05.1938
Fate:     sunk as a blockade ship March 1945 (Gotenhafen /Gdynia)
Costs:     146 Mio Reichsmark

Commanders

KzS Friedrich Förster:     21.05.1938 - Nov 1939
KzS Harald Netzbrand:     Nov 1939 - Aug 1940
KzS Otto Fein:     Aug 1940 - 11.04.1942
KzS Rudolf Peters:     15.04.1942 - May 1942
FK Wolfgang Kähler:     May 1942 - 01.07.1942
                                              

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