Lewin of Greenwich Naval History & Forum

Here is a pic of GNEISENAU arriving at Brest in late '41. Also, a view of her with the original vertical stem.......gr8 for flooding A turret! DFO

Operation Berlin.............. DFO

Adolf Hitler aboard Battleship Scharnhorst c1936.

Commander of the Battleship Scharnhorst,Admiral Otto Ciliax pictured as he inspects his crew in 1939.

SCHARNHORST in Norway......... DFO

Both battleships at sea............ DFO

Here is GNEISENAU and SCHARNHORST in Brest, early Feb, '42............DFO

Here is the hulk of GNEISENAU, sans her bow; from a RAF recon plane........ Even without her bow she is HUGE compared to the old predreadnought alongside! DFO

Lead Ship, Battleship Scharnhorst prepares to catapult two Arado Ar 196 A seaplanes simultaneously while on her post-refit trials,off Heligoland in November 1939.

GNEISENAU and GRAF SPEE, pre-war.......... DFO