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Scharnhorst

Schlachtschiff 1939 - 1943  Gneisenau  Class

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Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst 1943



Contruction Data

Laid down:     Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhelmshaven, 15.06.1935 (Slipway 2)
Launched:     03.10.1936
Commissioned:     07.01.1939
Fate:     sunk 25.12.1943 (North Cape)
Costs:     143 Mio Reichsmark

Commanders

KzS Otto Ciliax:     07.01.1939 - 23.09.1939
KzS Kurt Caesar Hoffmann:     24.09.1939 - 31-03-1942
KzS Friedrich Hüffmaier:     01.04.1943 - 13.10.1943
KzS Fritz Hinze:     14.10.1943 - 25.12.1943

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