Scharnhorst Photographs | World War II Database

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A boatswain aboard Scharnhorst, date unknown	Scharnhorst's after gun turret and catapult	Scharnhorst's rangefinder hood, mast, and flag	Hitler, Blomberg, and Raeder at Scharnhorst's launching ceremony, Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 3 Oct 1936

Ceremony on Scharnhorst's afterdeck, circa early 1939	Close-up of Gneisenau's forward 280mm gun turrets, date unknown; Scharnhorst seen in background	German battleship Scharnhorst in port, circa early 1939	German battleship Scharnhorst underway, 1939.

German battleships Scharnhorst (left) and Gneisenau (right), circa 1939	Scharnhorst at sea, circa 1939, photo 1 of 2	Scharnhorst at sea, circa 1939, photo 2 of 2	Scharnhorst in Wilhelmshaven Harbor, circa 1939

Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in port, circa summer 1939	Scharnhorst in port with her crew manning the rail, circa late 1939	Scharnhorst and U-47 at Kiel, Germany, 23 Oct 1939	Captain Kurt Hoffman addressing Scharnhorst's officers, winter 1939-1940

Close-up of Scharnhorst's control tower at Kiel or Wilhelmshaven, winter 1939-1940	Close-up of Scharnhorst's funnel, winter 1939-1940	German sailor aboard Scharnhorst, winter 1939-1940	Scharnhorst firing her forward guns during exercises, winter 1939-1940