It sank the British merchant cruiser Rawalpindi (at the end of 1939) and the carrier Glorious and her escorting destroyers in 1940. In 1941, along with the Gneisenau , it attacked and sank 22 ...

Despite these flaws, the Scharnhorst proved far more than the Kriegsmarine’s other capital ships. On her maiden war-cruise in November 1939, she sank the auxiliary cruiser HMS Rawalpindi.

Scharnhorst entered service in January 1939. A raiding cruise in November 1939 led to the destruction of the British merchant cruiser Rawalpindi.In April 1940, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were ...

UP PERISCOPE—David Masters—Dial Press ($2.50). A Heinkel roared out of an overcast Norwegian sky. It was the evening of June 5, 1940. The submarine Clyde of the Royal Navy (1,500 tons ...

The SMS Scharnhorst, the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee’s East Asia Squadron, was found in the South Atlantic after a five-year search. The discovery was made 98 nautical miles ...

A sonar image of the S.M.S. Scharnhorst, which sank in the south Atlantic on December 8, 1914 Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust Maritime archaeologists have located the wreck of the S.M.S ...