SMS SCHARNHORST IN DOCK 11

SMS SCHARNHORST A GERMAN BATTLESHIP 1906

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS SECTION WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS ( MUCH TO BE UPGRADED )

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: Scharnhorst
Namesake: Gerhard von Scharnhorst
Laid down: 22 March 1905
Launched: 23 March 1906
Commissioned: 24 October 1907
Fate: Sunk in action, Battle of the Falkland Islands, 8 December 1914
General characteristics
Class and type: Scharnhorst-class armored cruiser
Displacement: 12,985 t (12,780 long tons)
Length: 144.6 m (474 ft 5 in)
Beam: 21.6 m (70 ft 10 in)
Draft: 8.37 m (27 ft 6 in)
Installed power:

18 water-tube boilers
25,644 ihp (19,123 kW)

Propulsion:

3 shafts
3 × triple-expansion steam engines

Speed: 22.5 knots (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph)
Crew:

52 officers
788 enlisted

Armament:

8 × 21 cm (8.3 in) guns
6 × 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
18 × 8.8 cm (3.5 in) guns
4 × 45 cm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes

Armor:

Belt: 15 cm
Turrets: 18 cm (7.1 in)
Deck: 3.5 to 6 cm (1.4 to 2.4 in)

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