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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the GERMAN NAVY --

Scharnhorst (Battleship, 1939-1943) --
Views on Board the Ship (Part II)


This page features additional views taken on board the German battleship Scharnhorst.

For more images taken on board Scharnhorst, see:

  • Scharnhorst -- Views on Board the Ship.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 102534

    Scharnhorst
    (German Battleship, 1939)

    The ship's commanding officer, Kapitan zur Zee Kurt Caesar Hoffman, adresses his officers and crew from a platform by the after main battery gun turret, circa winter 1939-40.
    Part of the aircraft catapult is visible atop the turret.

    Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 18.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102535

    Scharnhorst
    (German Battleship, 1939)

    Sailors standing on the ship's after deck with a Christmas tree, circa December 1939.
    The ship was then under repair at Wilhelmshaven.

    Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 14.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102533

    Scharnhorst
    (German Battleship, 1939)

    The Boatswain of the Watch at his duty station amidships, during the winter 1939-40. One of the ships 15cm (5.9") secondary battery gun turrets is in the right background.

    Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 18.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102527

    Scharnhorst
    (German Battleship, 1939)

    Crewmen cleaning one of the ship's 283mm (11") guns, during the winter of 1939-40.

    Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 10.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 525 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102528

    Scharnhorst
    (German Battleship, 1939)

    Crewmen cleaning one of the ship's 283mm guns, during the winter of 1939-40.
    Note sleeve around the gun's muzzle, to direct liquid waste from the cleaning into a bucket on deck below.

    Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 10.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 52KB; 515 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102532

    Scharnhorst
    (German Battleship, 1939)

    Sailor on deck by one of the ship's gun turrets, dressed for cold weather during the winter of 1939-40.

    Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 17.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 520 x 765 pixels

     

    For more images taken on board Scharnhorst, see:

  • Scharnhorst -- Views on Board the Ship.

    In addition to "on board" views, there are a few photographs taken from Scharnhorst that do not show her structure to any significant degree. These include:

  • Photo # NH 101577: Battleship Gneisenau seen through a porthole on Scharnhorst; and
  • Photo # NH 102539: Submarine, probably U-47, underway in port, seen from Scharnhorst.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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