Scharnhorst

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  @highlanderknight · 5 years ago

  Apparently Admiral Fraser on the HMS Duke of York later stated to the crew: &nbsp;&quot;Gentlemen, the battle against Scharnhorst has ended in victory for us. I hope that if any of you are ever called upon to lead a ship into action against an opponent many times superior, you will command your ship as gallantly as Scharnhorst was commanded today&quot;<br>Informative video that stated some information that I previously didn&apos;t know, so I learned something new.

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  @roglar · 5 years ago

  The C turret of the Gneisenau is still intact today. It was converted to a coastal deffence battery in Norway and is now a part of a museum. Look up Austrått Fort.

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  @sharlesleglerc · 5 years ago

  &quot;The Scharnhorst is like a G Wagon with semi-auto rifle, which is great for gunning down peasants while running away from the authorities&quot;

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  @troysemrau3654 · 5 years ago

  You have become the American version of Drachinifel. Bravo Zulu from an old CG sailor.

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  @walterkreitmeier5079 · 3 years ago

  On of my Mothers Uncles died on Bord the Scharnhorst &nbsp;in the North Cape. It must have been a very hard time to serve &nbsp;on this Ship , at Chrismastime &nbsp;1943, cold and very stormy. To fight under this conditions it was truly a very heroic business.

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  @plosleif · 3 years ago

  I love these lectures. Its not often I bother listening to a guy just talking on such topics, but this curator is simply very good at his job!

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  @crashgsxr750 · 5 years ago

  “France is pissed by this” 😂

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  @amirlach · 5 years ago (edited)

  The fellow standing in line behind my Grandfather when he signed up for the RN, ended up moving into the same close or crescent decades later. He Roger Walker watched the Sharnhorst go under gutted by torpedoes from Samerez and others and shells from Duke of York. He said &quot;l,ll never forget &nbsp;thinking. Those poor buggers, the&apos;ve had it&quot;. He said he had bit of a tear for those doomed men. I have a picture of them accepting their Ushakov Medals from a Russian Ambassador for their service on the Northern Convoys.

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  @davidgellatly1975 · 3 years ago

  At the time of building, the Germans did not have a &quot;battleship&quot; caliber -14,15 inch or bigger. &nbsp;As noted below, the intent was to ultimately replace the original 11&quot; guns with heavier 15&quot; guns when available. &nbsp;Scharnhorst was an undergunned battleship

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  @mulletoutdooradventures6286 · 3 years ago

  I like these 2 ships. For what they were used for and for the simple fact that they were totally out numbered and couldn&apos;t be effectively used because of blockade and were still very successful is a testament to how good they were. Had they gotten the 15in from the beginning they would&apos;ve been truly awesome

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  @CapitanoAraym · 5 years ago (edited)

  The german project about the Scharnhorst and the sister ship Gneisenau was to be later &quot;upgraded&quot; to Bismark-alike bigger guns, so that could be the consideration that could put them as &quot;battleships&quot; (basically, they could became a 3 turrets, shorter version of a Bismark-class 4 turrets ship).<br>Gneisenau&apos;s 15 inches turrets were actually built, but used as coastline fortification...

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  @suspiciousminds1750 · 5 years ago

  Enjoyable video. A few comments<br>1. The &quot;Atlantic bow&quot; was added after construction, launching and a couple of years of service.<br>2. An eleven inch shell weighs about 700 lbs, a 15-16 inch shell weighs + - 2000 &nbsp;lbs. a tremendous difference that you wouldn&apos;t expect from 4-5 inches in diameter.<br>3. The Sharnhorst absorbed eleven torpedo hits before sinking (apart from the shell hits).<br>-a very tough ship.

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