Scharnhorst

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To bump up this fine ship , a postcard showing her fine lines.
Below, her sister ship.

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A memorial in stone, at the cemetry in Wilhelmshaven
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RIP old girl!!
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The mighty beast is wounded, a Swordfish torpedoed the steering gear, with rudder's jammed..is his Achilles Heel with... K.G.V and Rodney closing in for the kill". From "You Must Sink The Bismarck" on youtube..
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The Twilight of the kgm.
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Two more , the photo is a reproduction picked up at a fair in Tilly last year and a postcard which was found on the same day.
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Another postcard showing Scharnhorst, looks more like her sister ship to me ?
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Gneisenau in heavy seas , this is a still from film footage which showed her breaking through the Atlantic - that long graceful bow, one of the outstanding pieces of film shot in WW2.

Scharnhorst in home waters.
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Gneisenau, that fine elegant bow . :)
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Forward turrets of either Scharnhorst or her sister ship.
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