Scharnhorst was a famous World War II capital ship, the lead of her class, referred to as either a light battleship or a battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine. This 31,500 tonnes ship was named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst that was sunk in the Battle at the Falkland Islands in December 1914. Scharnhorst often sailed into battle accompanied by her sister-ship, Gneisenau. She was sunk after being engaged by Allied forces at the Battle of North Cape in December 1943. Class and type: Scharnhorst Displacement: 31,552 tonnes (standard) 38,900 tonnes (full load) Length: 235.4 m (772.3 ft) overall 229.8 m (753.9 ft) waterline Beam: 30 m (98.4 ft) Draft: 9.93 m (32.5 ft) at 37,500 long tons (38,100 tonnes) Propulsion: 3 Brown-Boveri geared turbines; 3 three-bladed propellers, 4.8 m (15.75 ft) diameter; 161,164 shp (120.18 MW) Speed: 33 knots (61 km/h) Range: 10,100 nmi (18,710 km) at 19 knots (18,700 km at 35 km/h) Complement: 1,968 (60 officers, 1,909 enlisted) Sensors and processing systems: 80-cm wavelength RADAR from 1940 Armament: 9 × 28 cm/54.5 (11") SK C/34 12 × 15 cm/55 (5.9") SK C/28 14 × 10.5 cm/65 (4.1") SK C/33 16 × 3.7 cm/L83 (1.5") SK C/30 10 (later 16) × 2 cm/65 (0.79") C/30 or C/38 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes Armor: Main belt: 350 mm (13.78 inch) Deck: 95 mm max. Aircraft carried: 3 Arado Ar 196A-3, 1 catapult I was pointed on a mistake I made. At 3:10 of my video, Scharnhorst alone sunk 8 ships, but both raiders together sunk 22 ships.

• published: 22 Mar 2009
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