Photo #: NH 102545
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
View from the foretop, looking down at the base of the funnel,
during the winter of 1939-40.
Note crewmen working on what appears to be a minesweeping paravane
in the lower part of the image.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 22.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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