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Which ship. Where is it and what year.

no guesses

I will go with Scharnhorst, Wilhelmshaven and 1937 (pre-Atlantic bow)

dmkey wrote:I will go with Scharnhorst, Wilhelmshaven and 1937 (pre-Atlantic bow)

But no 5.9 inch guns - so not Scharnhorst.

tameraire01 wrote:no guesses

Well, the tab for the photo says ''cruiser'' and the outline of the upperworks does resemble a Hipper class cruiser.

So I would suggest the Blucher, on the grounds that Hipper would be too obvious an answer.

Prinz Eugen 1941 ?

Admiral Hipper fitting out at Blohm and Voss Hamburg 1939.

alecsandros wrote:Prinz Eugen 1941 ?

Prinz Eugen was fitted with an ''Atlantic bow'' which this ship doesn't have - an other reason why I thought it was Blucher.

So it is the Hipper - the obvious answer after all!