Gneisenau (German pronunciation: [ˈɡnaɪ̯zənaʊ̯]) was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, in Nazi Germany's...

down in 1935, launched in late 1936, and commissioned into the German fleet by early 1939. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau operated together for the early...

Gneisenau may refer to: August von Gneisenau (1760–1831), Prussian field marshal Bruno Neidhardt von Gneisenau [de] (1811–1889), Prussian general One of...

Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included her sister ship Gneisenau. The ship was built at the Kriegsmarinewerft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven;...

Bremen, Germany, built Gneisenau. Gneisenau was launched at Bremen on 17 May 1935. Gneisenau's maiden voyage began on 3 January 1936. Until the outbreak...

Novorossiysk Glory 1899-03-11 Canopus class Pre-dreadnought  Royal Navy Gneisenau 1936-12-08 Scharnhorst class Fast battleship  Kriegsmarine Sunk as blockship...

Vizeadmiral Günther Lütjens consisting of the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau met and engaged a British squadron under Admiral Sir William Whitworth...

Hamburg, Germany. She was the lead ship of her class, which included SMS Gneisenau. Scharnhorst and her sister were enlarged versions of the preceding Roon...

Austro-Hungarian Ukrainian writer and politician The German battleship Gneisenau was launched. German media acknowledged the British abdication crisis...

engagement of the operation was the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau sinking the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and its two escorting...

Scharnhorst-class ships, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in 1935. The two Bismarck-class battleships followed in 1936; Bismarck was completed in 1940 and Tirpitz...

Acasta and Ardent were sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau while heading back to Britain. Ark Royal's aircraft failed to locate the...

completed. Sunk on 2 May 1943. Elbe: Converted from the passenger liner SS Gneisenau (1935). Laid down in 1934 but never completed. Survived the war but was...

Green and Co. pp. 615–620. Siebigk 1883, p. 127. Droysen 1851, p. 158. Gneisenau & Marston 1815, pp. 1, 8. Veve 1992, p. 30. Muffling 1997, p. 174. Parkinson...

it also selected the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamers SS Potsdam and SS Gneisenau for conversion into auxiliary carriers. These ships were smaller, which...

the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, which participated in the invasion of Norway in 1940, and then in commerce raiding until the Gneisenau was heavily damaged...

known as "the Channel Dash", when German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, and a number of other smaller vessels...

the class was reconstructed in 1934–1936. Yamato class (27 knots) Scharnhorst class (also known as the Gneisenau class) (31 knots). These ships were officially...

ancestors were several famous Prussians, including most notably August von Gneisenau. In his youth, he and his brothers were members of the Neupfadfinder,...

overhauled. The force was reduced to Bismarck, Gneisenau, and the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen. Gneisenau was damaged by a British bombing raid on Brest...

commander) in 1939. Admiral Marschall, flying his flag in battleship Gneisenau, led the German naval force which intercepted and sank the British auxiliary...

heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Atlantic Ocean. Photo (in German). Foundation, Lloyd Register (1...

Sixteen guns were used for Bismarck and Tirpitz and six were ordered for Gneisenau when she was to be re-armed in 1942. Six were intended for each of the...

for Graf Zeppelin was occupied by the new battleship Gneisenau, which was launched on 8 December 1936. Work started on Graf Zeppelin on 28 December, when...

Scharnhorst, a 1936 German battleship during World War II and lead ship of the Scharnhorst class, which also included the Gneisenau. Infantry Division...

in June, the ship was sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the North Sea with the loss of over 1,200 lives. During the First World...

Alexander's ancestors were several famous Prussians, including August von Gneisenau. His name points to the imperial Hohenstaufen mountain and castle. Alexander...

distant cover forces in the North Sea—which consisted of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. His superior, Vizeadmiral Wilhelm Marschall, had fallen ill just before...

chief with Lieutenant General Gneisenau as his chief of staff showed this system to its best advantage: Blücher lauded Gneisenau for his role in maneuvering...

Renown and the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Repulse attempted to intercept the Gneisenau as it sailed from Trondheim to Germany in July. Until May 1941 the ship...