Not counting (or count if you want :3) her encounter with duke of York she took far more damage from the sea itself instead of battle. If I remember correctly she also had a collision with a freindly sub in trials....on another note.....want her like this so....much....so..cute..(shot by 9 11 inch guns)
And it is rumoured that someone died in the construction of the Scharnhorst and that his body was found later in Scharnhorst's career and that some of her captains died of mysterious circumstances
And it is rumoured that someone died in the construction of the Scharnhorst and that his body was found later in Scharnhorst's career and that some of her captains died of mysterious circumstances
And you thought the Fusou Sisters were an unlucky duo. This girl would make them look like lottery winners.
And you thought the Fusou Sisters were an unlucky duo. This girl would make them look like lottery winners.
Here some more stories for the Scharnhorst, When she was being built, sixty-one workmen died and injuring more than one hundred others when the supports holding her upright failed and she rolled over when she was two thirds finished and it took 3 months to lift her back up.
On the day of her launch with Hitler and key Nazi officials present, she was found grounded upon a pair of barges that had got in her way as apparently she had somehow launched herself the night before.
In 1939, two explosions rocked the ship as she bombarded Gdansk. Two gun turrets were destroyed, 28 sailors killed and this wasn't from enemy action
During the siege of Oslo, as Nazi battleships poured their fire into the Norwegian port, the Scharnhorst took more hits than the entire fleet combined. She staggered and reeled, belching flame and black smoke from more than thirty wounds before the Gneisenau left the battle to pull her to safety beyond the range of the shore batteries.
On her way home, she rammed the cruise liner Bremen which caused her to be sink into the mud and British bombers bombed the liner into nothing more than scrap iron thus removing a potential troop transport for Germany.
On April 9, 1940 came an inconclusive gunfire exchange with "HMS Renown" though the Germans received the worst of this short fight. In June 1940 the battle cruisers encountered and sank the aircraft carrier "HMS Glorious" and 2 destroyers. After this, the twins fled back to base, missing a golden opportunity. On board a cruiser and a merchant ship fleeing south had been no other personage than the King of Norway himself, headed to England and exile.
Then when she was being chased by the Duke of York, an officer on the battleship decided to fire a speculative, almost futile chance as the Scharnhorst sailed out of range. Miraculously he scored a direct hit. On fire and with seawater rushing in, she sunk low in the water. More hits quickly followed. In a matter of minutes, the jinx of the German Navy rolled over on her side and sank. The Royal navy picked up only 38 survivors.
Finally two sailors managed to reach the coast of Norway in their flimsy rubber raft. As the sailors attempted to warm themselves by lighting a gas stove they had brought from the Scharnhorst. The leaky stove suddenly ignited and exploded, killing both.
Here some more stories for the Scharnhorst, When she was being built, sixty-one workmen died and injuring more than one hundred others when the supports holding her upright failed and she rolled over when she was two thirds finished and it took 3 months to lift her back up.
On the day of her launch with Hitler and key Nazi officials present, she was found grounded upon a pair of barges that had got in her way as apparently she had somehow launched herself the night before.
In 1939, two explosions rocked the ship as she bombarded Gdansk. Two gun turrets were destroyed, 28 sailors killed and this wasn't from enemy action
During the siege of Oslo, as Nazi battleships poured their fire into the Norwegian port, the Scharnhorst took more hits than the entire fleet combined. She staggered and reeled, belching flame and black smoke from more than thirty wounds before the Gneisenau left the battle to pull her to safety beyond the range of the shore batteries.
On her way home, she rammed the cruise liner Bremen which caused her to be sink into the mud and British bombers bombed the liner into nothing more than scrap iron thus removing a potential troop transport for Germany.
On April 9, 1940 came an inconclusive gunfire exchange with "HMS Renown" though the Germans received the worst of this short fight. In June 1940 the battle cruisers encountered and sank the aircraft carrier "HMS Glorious" and 2 destroyers. After this, the twins fled back to base, missing a golden opportunity. On board a cruiser and a merchant ship fleeing south had been no other personage than the King of Norway himself, headed to England and exile.
Then when she was being chased by the Duke of York, an officer on the battleship decided to fire a speculative, almost futile chance as the Scharnhorst sailed out of range. Miraculously he scored a direct hit. On fire and with seawater rushing in, she sunk low in the water. More hits quickly followed. In a matter of minutes, the jinx of the German Navy rolled over on her side and sank. The Royal navy picked up only 38 survivors.
Finally two sailors managed to reach the coast of Norway in their flimsy rubber raft. As the sailors attempted to warm themselves by lighting a gas stove they had brought from the Scharnhorst. The leaky stove suddenly ignited and exploded, killing both.
..............i knew she was not the luckiest but good lord that's insane.........I think she needs a hug.
Also I actually have a pic of her in a damaged state. If someone else doesn't mind tagging it all for me (I've never uploaded anything) so.....yeah I'll try to get to it :3
She does share the longest range ship to ship hit record with Warspite for comparable distances. (though some argue that Yamato scored a even longer range "hit" against Taffy 3. Even if the shell didn't "hit" it supposedly caused serious damage to one of the escort carriers by exploding under the keel after going through one of the outrigging section of the carrier...like a safety net).
