The German Battleship Scharnhorst КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Title: The German Battleship Scharnhorst Author(s):Siegfried Breyer Publisher: Schiffer Miliitary History Year: 1990 ISBN: 0887402917 Pages: 52 Format: PDF Language: English Size: 172 MbScharnhorst 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 tonne 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.Hotfile Depositfiles 0