Photo #: NH 101567
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
View looking down from battleship's main deck, forward, as she
steams through ice in the Baltic Sea during the winter of 1939-40,
probably in January 1940. The western Baltic ice was very heavy
into February 1940.
The ship's stem runs horizontally through the middle of the view,
from left-center to the right edge.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 7.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101566
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
Icy lifelines seen from the battleship's main deck, during the
winter of 1939-40, probably in the Baltic Sea in January 1940.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 7.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102525
German Naval Memorial, at Laboe
Photographed from on board the battleship Scharnhorst
during the winter of 1939-40.
This memorial was built in 1927-36 to honor the memory of German
sailors lost in the First World War, 1914-1918.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 8.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101564
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
A crewman poses on the battleship's deck under ice-coated 11-inch
gun barrels during the winter of 1939-40, probably in January
1940 in the Baltic Sea.
The original caption translates "Menacing Cold".
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 6.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101565
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
Closeup view of the ice-covered port forward main anchor, taken
during the winter of 1939-40, probably in the Baltic Sea in January
1940.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 7.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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