Gneisenau

Type:
Battleship
Class:
Builder:
Deutsche Werke
Kiel, Germany
Hull Number:
235 (builder's number)
Panzerschiff E (Ersatz Hessen)
Ordered:
January 25, 1934
Commissioned:
May 21, 1938
Keel Laid:
May 6, 1935*
Decommissioned:
July 1, 1942
Launched:
December 8, 1936
Stricken:


N/A
Fate:
Scrapped 1947-1951.
(Damaged Feb. 27, 1942 in an RAF air raid at Kiel. Moved to Gotenhafen (Gdynia), Poland for
repairs in April 1942. Reconstruction was cancelled and she was sunk as a blockship on
Mar. 28, 1945 at Gotenhafen)


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
753' 9"
772' 3" (after new stem)
Engines:

3 Deschimag geared turbines

Beam:
98' 4"
Boilers:
12 Wagner three drum type
Draft:
32' 5" max
Shafts:
3
Displacement:
31,800 std. / 38,900 full
SHP:
154,000
Speed:
30.7 knots
Crew:
1,840
Range:
6,200 NM @ 19 knots


Armament As Built
Number Carried
Type
Arrangement
Maximum Range / Ceiling
9
11"/54.5 (280mm)
SK C/34

3 triple turrets
44,760 yards @ 40° (25.4 miles)
with a 725.5 lb. armor piercing shell
12
5.9"/55 (150mm)
SK C/28

4 twin turrets
4 single mounts
25,153 yards @ 40° (14.2 miles)
with a 99.87 lb. HE shell
14
4.1"/65
SK C/33

7 twin mounts
19,357 yards @ 45°
AA ceiling 41,010' @ 80°
16
1.5"/83 (37mm)
SK C/30

8 twin mounts
9,300 yards @ 45°
AA ceiling 22,310' @ 85°
10
0.79"/65 (20mm)
AA MG

single mounts
5,360 yards @ 45°
AA ceiling 12,140' @ 85°
6
21" (533mm)
torpedo tubes

2 triple launchers
G7a T1 torpedoes
6,560 yards @ 44 knots
8,750 yards @ 40 knots
15,300 yards @ 30 knots
661 lb. Hexanite warhead
3
Aircraft
Arado Ar-196


Notes
*The first keel was laid down on Feb. 14, 1934 but construction was cancelled and it was
scrapped due to design modifications.


Builder's Data
Page published Dec. 14, 2007