Scharnhorst was launched on March 22, 1906 and completed on October 4, 1907. After completion Scharnhorst became flagship of the Scouting Force. On April 1,1909 Scharnhorst left Germany and sailed to Tsingtao to replace Fürst Bismarck as flagship of the

Belfast and Norfolk closed and at 0921 sighted Scharnhorst and Belfast opened fire with starshell, completely surprising Scharnhorst. Five minutes later Norfolk engaged with her 8in guns. Adm Bey ordered a turn away from the cruisers to the south, but cor

SCHARNHORST TO NORWAY. 06-09 March 1943: Operation Paderborn. In favourable weather Scharnhorst succeeds in breaking out and is finally trasferred from Germany to Narvik where she is to join the battleship Tirpitz and the heavy cruiser Lützow (ex-Deutsch