The Scharnhorst was far from the most heavily armed battleship deployed by the Kriegsmarine—but she arguably was its most successful. She and sistership Gneisenau were laid down in 1935 with nine ...

It was a frigid December night in the Arctic Sea. Aboard the Scharnhorst, the forecast of harsh weather had everyone on edge.

The sinking of the Scharnhorst was an enormous psychological blow for the German nation, at the height of World War Two. The wreck has recently been discovered on the sea bed, giving us new ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Scharnhorst remained at Kiel for most of 1942. In early 1943, it proceeded to Norway where it operated as part of a “fleet in being” with Prinz Eugen, Tirpitz (the ...

During the battle the Scharnhorst's guns were gradually disabled, one by one On 26 December 1943 one of the great sea battles of World War II took place. Germany's most famous battleship - the ...

As far as I can give it, this is the account of the battle between the battle-cruiser “Sharnhost” (26,000 tons) and ships of the Home Fleet consisting of “Duke of York” battleship, “Jamaica”, “Belfast ...

The British force was disposed in two main formations. One, under the immediate command of the commander in chief of the Home Fleet, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, K.C.B., K.B.E., flying his flag in the ...