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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