Scharnhorst And Gneisenau

Author : Steve Backer
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848321526

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Scharnhorst and Gneisenau by Steve Backer Pdf

The ‘ShipCraft’ series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references – books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. The two German ships which form the subject of this volume were among the first products of rearmament under Hitler. For political reasons they were neither as large nor as well armed as foreign equivalents, but they were very fast, which led them to be described as ‘battlecruisers’ in some quarters. They enjoyed an adventurous war, both surviving heavy damage, before Scharnhorst was sunk in an epic gun battle off the North Cape, while Gneisenau succumbed to heavy air attack.

Author : Gerard Koop,Klaus-Peter Schmolke
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848321922

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Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class by Gerard Koop,Klaus-Peter Schmolke Pdf

The warships of the World War II era German Navy are among the most popular subject in naval history with an almost uncountable number of books devoted to them. However, for a concise but authoritative summary of the design history and careers of the major surface ships it is difficult to beat a series of six volumes written by Gerhard Koop and illustrated by Klaus-Peter Schmolke. Each contains an account of the development of a particular class, a detailed description of the ships, with full technical details, and an outline of their service, heavily illustrated with plans, battle maps and a substantial collection of photographs. These have been out of print for ten years or more and are now much sought after by enthusiasts and collectors, so this new modestly priced reprint of the series will be widely welcomed.??Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the subject of this volume, were the product of a long, involved and politically determined design process that saw them develop from an improved Pocket Battleship to what many described as a battlecruiser, although they were really fast battleships. They were the most active, and successful, of the Kriegesmarine's major warships, taking part in numerous famous operations, including the infamous 'Channel Dash'.

Author : Richard Garrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015008485099

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Scharnhorst and Gneisenau by Richard Garrett Pdf

Author : Richard Garrett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081309218

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Scharnhorst and Gneisenau by Richard Garrett Pdf

Author : Steve Backer
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783830374

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Scharnhorst and Gneisenau by Steve Backer Pdf

A history of the service careers and advice on making models of “perhaps the most successful of the German battleships of the Second World War” (History of War). The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale planes. The modeling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research reference books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. The two German ships which form the subject of this volume were among the first products of rearmament under Hitler. For political reasons they were neither as large nor as well armed as foreign equivalents, but they were very fast, which led them to be described as battlecruisers in some quarters. They enjoyed an adventurous war, both surviving heavy damage, before Scharnhorst was sunk in an epic gun battle off the North Cape, while Gneisenau succumbed to heavy air attack. “For both vessels, the book gives details of modifications carried out, while a wealth of clear and detailed photographs and line drawings illustrate the ships themselves, as well as items of equipment.” —Ships Monthly

Author : Stefan Draminski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472848420

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The Battleship Scharnhorst by Stefan Draminski Pdf

The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. She was launched on 3 October 1936 and completed in January 1939, armed with nine 28cm C/34 guns in three triple turrets. She operated with Gneisenau for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties into the Atlantic to raid British merchant shipping. They took part in Operation Weserübung (April–June 1940), the German invasion of Norway, during which they sank the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her escort destroyers Acasta and Ardent. Scharnhorst also sank HMS Rawalpindi in November 1939. In early 1943, Scharnhorst joined the Tirpitz in Norway to intercept Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. On a sortie from Norway to attack a convoy, the German force was intercepted by British ships and during the Battle of the North Cape (26 December 1943), HMS Duke of York and her escorts sank Scharnhorst. Most of her crew was lost. This is the most comprehensive examination of Scharnhorst ever published, drawing on new research and technology to tell the full story of the ship. It includes a complete set of detailed line drawings with fully descriptive keys and full-colour 3D artwork, supported by technical details, photographs, and text on the building of the ship, as well as a record of her service history.

Author : Gerhard Koop,Klaus-Peter Schmolke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1999-01-01
Category : Battleships
ISBN : 185367365X

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Battleships of the Scharnhorst Class by Gerhard Koop,Klaus-Peter Schmolke Pdf

Author : Miroslaw Skwiot,Mariusz Motyka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8366673154

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The Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Vol. I by Miroslaw Skwiot,Mariusz Motyka Pdf

The battleships of the Kriegsmarine are only four vessels in total, which they managed to put into operational service in 1935-1941. The first two of those, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, did not make as spectacular combat career as the other two. So far, no extensive memories of seamen sailing them have appeared, because their career practically boiled down to staying in a port, dock or roadstead until they sank or the hostilities ended. The current publication is a form of compromise between combat operations, shortened in it to a necessary minimum, in the case of Scharnhorst, and a broader description of use of the wreck of Gneisenau after the war, and a photo album that represents life on the ship.

Author : Miroslaw Skwiot
Publisher : Super Drawings in 3D
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 8362878282

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The Battleship Gneisenau by Miroslaw Skwiot Pdf

- An invaluable modeler's guide to the Battleship Gneisenau Gneisenau was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel and launched on 8 December 1936. The ship was armed with a main battery of nine 28 cm (11 in) C/34 guns in three triple turrets. Featuring 140 computer generated color images this volume covers, in full, the majesty of this great ship. From the initial design to the ship's armor and operational history the authors cover the complete history of this mammoth vessel. Numerous scale plans are included.

Author : Stefan Draminski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472840226

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The Battleship Scharnhorst by Stefan Draminski Pdf

The Kriegsmarine's Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, described either as a battleship or battlecruiser, and the lead ship of her class, which included one other ship, Gneisenau. She was launched on 3 October 1936 and completed in January 1939, armed with nine 28cm C/34 guns in three triple turrets. She operated with Gneisenau for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties into the Atlantic to raid British merchant shipping. They took part in Operation Weserübung (April–June 1940), the German invasion of Norway, during which they sank the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and her escort destroyers Acasta and Ardent. Scharnhorst also sank HMS Rawalpindi in November 1939. In early 1943, Scharnhorst joined the Tirpitz in Norway to intercept Allied convoys to the Soviet Union. On a sortie from Norway to attack a convoy, the German force was intercepted by British ships and during the Battle of the North Cape (26 December 1943), HMS Duke of York and her escorts sank Scharnhorst. Most of her crew was lost. This is the most comprehensive examination of Scharnhorst ever published, drawing on new research and technology to tell the full story of the ship. It includes a complete set of detailed line drawings with fully descriptive keys and full-colour 3D artwork, supported by technical details, photographs, and text on the building of the ship, as well as a record of her service history.

Author : Siegfried Breyer,Miroslaw Skwiot
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473814608

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German Capital Ships of the Second World War by Siegfried Breyer,Miroslaw Skwiot Pdf

“Outstanding . . . covers the major units starting with the Deutschland Class, through the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, to the Bismarck and Tirpitz.” —WW2 Cruisers The Kriegsmarine’s capital ships—Deutschland, Admiral Scheer, Graf Spee, Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, Bismarck, and Tirpitz—continue to generate intense interest among warship enthusiasts, despite the fact that no new source of information has been unearthed in decades. What has come to light, however, is a growing number of photographs, many from private albums and some that lay forgotten in obscure archives. These include many close-ups and onboard shots of great value to modelmakers, as well as rare action photos taken during wartime operations. This book is a careful selection of the best of these, but on a grand scale, with around one hundred images devoted to each ship, allowing in-depth coverage of its whole career, from launching and fitting out to whatever fate the war had waiting for it. For sake of completeness, there are even sections reproducing the various design studies that led to each class, while an appendix covers the uncompleted Graf Zeppelin, Germany’s only attempt to build an aircraft carrier, the vessel which clearly displaced the battleship as the capital ship of the world’s navies during the war. Essays on technical backgrounds and design origins by the well-known expert Siegfried Breyer and explanatory captions by Miroslaw Skwiot draw out the full significance of this magnificent collection of photos. “Highly recommended for those who wish to admire seven of the most magnificent warships built anywhere in the twentieth century. We will certainly never see their like again.” —Journal of the Australian Naval Institute

Author : Miroslaw Skwiot,Mariusz Motyka
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8366673804

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The Battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau Vol. II by Miroslaw Skwiot,Mariusz Motyka Pdf

Author : Daniel Knowles
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1781558876

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Scharnhorst and Gneisenau by Daniel Knowles Pdf

In February 1942, six Swordfish armed with torpedoes encountered heavy anti-aircraft fire in the English Channel and were shot down but not before two torpedoes were launched at a German battleship sailing at high speed. This attack was part of a wider British effort to stop the battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from making their way back to Germany. The Scharnhorst is one of the most famous capital ships to have served with the Kriegsmarine. Yet she and her sister ship Gneisenau have been largely overshadowed by the Bismarck and Tirpitz, despite the fact that they played a more proactive role in the Second World War and were Germany's most successful battleships. This book provides an authoritative and informative look at the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, the first capital ships of the Kriegsmarine, from their conception through the first successful years of the Second World War to their respective losses. This is a detailed account of naval warfare against the Royal Navy off the coast of Norway and the war against Allied commerce from the German perspective.

Author : Albert Vulliez,Jacques Mordal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080727295

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Battleship Scharnhorst by Albert Vulliez,Jacques Mordal Pdf

Epic of a German battleship of World War 2, reconstructed from logs, and other documents, by two French naval officers.

Author : William H. Garzke,Robert O. Dulin,William Jurens,James Cameron
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526759757

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Battleship Bismarck by William H. Garzke,Robert O. Dulin,William Jurens,James Cameron Pdf

“A complete operational history of the Bismarck . . . with period photos [and] underwater photography of the wreck, allowing a forensic analysis of the damage.” —Seapower This new book offers a forensic analysis of the design, operation, and loss of Germany’s greatest battleship, drawing on survivors’ accounts and the authors’ combined decades of experience in naval architecture and command at sea. Their investigation into every aspect of this battleship is informed by painstaking research, including extensive interviews and correspondence with the ship’s designers and the survivors of the battle of the Denmark Strait and Bismarck’s final battle. Albert Schnarke, the former gunnery officer of Tirpitz, Bismarck’s sister ship, aided the authors greatly by translating and supplying manuscript materials from those who participated in the design and operations. Survivors of Bismarck’s engagements contributed to this comprehensive study including D.B.H. Wildish, RN, damage control officer aboard HMS Prince of Wales, who located photographs of battle damage to his ship. After the wreck was discovered in 1989, the authors served as technical consultants to Dr. Robert Ballard, who led three trips to the site. Filmmaker and explorer James Cameron has also contributed a chapter, giving a comprehensive overview of his deep-sea explorations on Bismarck and sharing his team’s remarkable photos of the wreck. The result of nearly six decades of research and collaboration, this is an “encyclopedic and engrossing” account (Naval Historical Foundation) of the events surrounding one of the most epic naval battles of World War II. And Battleship Bismarck finally resolves some of the major questions around her career, not least the most profound one of all: Who sank the Bismarck, the British or the Germans?