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G´day all An update on the matter at hand... If the one to open this thread is still seeking accurate plans for Gneisenau I could inform you I just recently received a copy of a long desired masterpiece paperback, namely The Battleship Gneisenau from Kagero Publishing. Laid out in 3-D format this pa...

G´day all Why don´t we just start off with the most essential of questions and determine the period to be reflected in your model? This must be established before I can provide any design details or track down plans. As an example why this is sort of important let´s look at the hangar of Gneisenau; ...

G´day all @ Saltheart True, Wikipedia is not always the most reliable of sources. I made a thread some years ago regarding the Renown vs Twins duel. It can be found in the naval section (1922 - 1945) of this forum named " The Battle of Stromvaer" There are multiple sources listed therein a...

G´day all All those bombs that hit Sharnhorst and went right through her in Brest did great damage. I have read only one account of serious bomb damage to Scharnhorst while in France, this on June 24th while she was conducting trials with a recently overhauled machinery north of La Pallice. A stick ...

G´day all Garrett is a poor source on this particular encounter “...put all her fire control equipment out of action, ...second impact silenced turret Caesar” One 38 cm hit (a thru-and-thru) severed the power supply to the foretop fire director and also resulted in the loss of the ships senior gunne...

G´day All You must first of all decide upon a given time/period of her career to be reflected. Gneisenau was object to constant alterations in her active years, from the notable ones to the smallest of details As for a proper print of the ship there is one member at this forum (Antonio Bonomi) who h...

G´day all I´ve been snoopin around in various norweigan sites, Robert, but unfortunately could not find any mention of the specific depth for this Amatol charge when being disarmed. I can however tell you the charge was not blown up in situ but actually transported further into the fjord, this to av...

G´day all According to DK Brown the best biography on Admiral Jackie Fisher is the book Fisher of Kilverstone written by author Ruddock Finlay Mackay... http://www.amazon.com/Fisher-Kilverstone-Ruddock-Finlay-Mackay/dp/0198224095 I have not read the book myself but it´s definitely on my list Kind re...

G´day all The searchlights aboard the Scharnhorst class were, if I remember correctly, linked directly to their range finder equipment via something called Synchron-Richtgeräte ... thus whatever direction their range finders were pointed their searchlights would automatically be pointed in the very ...

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Here´s an article; "Raeder vs. Wegener - Conflict in German Naval Strategy"

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... n15979337/

... hopefully it could offer some perspective on Admiral Erich Raeder and German naval strategy


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G´day all I believe Thomas is once more correct: The L4.5 was also a capped projectile, like the APC L4.4,and so would have had a similar external appearance. This is probably the Spgr.m.Kz. L/4,6 fuzed with Z.Z s60 nA time fuze for use in anti-aircraft barrages. From a discussion in a norwegian for...

G´day all What were the circumstances of the find? Underwater? If not it would seem rather a large object to hide and not be found for such a long time.... ...here´s a translation of the Norwegian text below the photo of Jose´s most recent post: Denne granat ble skutt ut fra det tyske slagskipet &qu...

G´day all I have a question for the German speaking/reading members of the forum. Have any of you read the books: "Hitler, Weimar und die Marine - Reichspolitik und Flottenbau 1920 - 1939" by author Jost Dülffer "Scharnhorst und Gneisenau - Die letzten Gefechte der beiden deutschen Kr...

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Djoser wrote: I have read that they have recently photographed the wreck! Anyone know about this??

A documentary was made for Norwegian television after they found the wreck site of the Scharnhorst back in 2001. It should be available in English as well ...

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G´day all Maybe it's best to articulate what the navy's role is before we start building ships for the sake of building ships. I´m fairly sure one of the paragraphs of the Anglo-German naval treaty served to steer the German reconstruction programme in a given direction. The agreed relation 35:100 w...