Battleship: Gneisenau

- Battleship: Gneisenau

- Launched: 8th of December, 1936

- Commissioned: 21st of May, 1938

- Fate: The ship received a fatal hit during the RAF bombing raid to Kiel, on 26th to 27th of February 1942. The ships ammunitions were not discharged and as a result, a direct bomb hit made an end to the career of Gneisenau. The wreck of Gneisenau was finally in 27th of March 1945 towed to the harbour of Gotenhafen and sunk to block the entrance to the harbour. The remains of the hull was lifted from the harbour in 1951 and scrapped immediately.

German Warships

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