Bound, in his words, will tell us how the mighty Scharnhorst was finally discovered Mensun Bound, the leader of the mission which discovered the flagship of Admiral Graf von Spee's squadron, was born ...

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

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 ...

Scharnhorst was one of Germany’s first major capital ships of the Nazi era, built for speed and raiding but armed with lighter 11 inch guns than most battleships. After a career attacking Allied ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Royal Navy plotted carefully to trap and destroy the Scharnhorst. It was the pride of Germany and along with the Tirpitz, it was intended for the Arctic, where it was to attack Allied convoys to ...

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 ...