SMS Scharnhorst

Type:
Cruiser
Class:
Scharnhorst
Builder:
Blohm & Voss GmbH
Hamburg, Germany
Pennant Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
March 22, 1906
Keel Laid:
May 1905
Completed:
October 24, 1907
Fate:
Sunk Dec. 8, 1916 in the Battle of the Falkland Islands by HMS Invincible and HMS Inflexible.

Location: South Atlantic, 88 miles southeast of Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.
(52.28S - 56.13W)

860-880 crewmen killed, no survivors.


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Page published Sept. 5, 2011