Battlecruisers were a unique class of warship designed to combine the heavy guns of a battleship with the speed of a cruiser, ...

Summary and Key Points: On June 8, 1940, the British aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was ambushed by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in the Norwegian Sea. Lacking radar, a Combat ...

The wreck of an armored German battlecruiser used during World War I has been discovered off the Falkland Islands, the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust announced on Thursday, calling it “a ...

In a matter of minutes, the British sailors would discover to their horror that the innocuous little dots constituted the worst threat conceivable—the German battlecruisers Gneisenau and ...

The Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that the wreck of SMS Scharnhorst has been located off the Falkland Islands. The Scharnhorst, an armoured battle-cruiser and the ...

The SMS Scharnhorst (pictured), a first-class WWI German battlecruiser, has been discovered wrecked 98 nautical miles south east of Port Stanley, the capital of the Falkland Islands.

Indeed, it is worth noting that the German battlecruiser squadron came under fire from most of the British battleship contingent, but most of them managed — albeit badly battered — to reach port.

The wreck of a World War I German battlecruiser has been discovered off the Falkland Islands.

Nine German battleships, five battlecruisers, seven light cruisers and 49 destroyers - the most modern ships of the German High Seas Fleet - were handed over to the victorious forces off the east ...