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Layed down in May,1935 at Wilhelmshaven Naval Dockyard, launched in October,
1936 and completed in January, 1939. July-September 1939 conversion at
Wilhelmshaven Naval Dockyard. September 4th, 1939, unsuccessfully attacked
by British bombers while lying in Brunsbuttel. November 21st-27th, 1940 the
Scharnhorst sortied as far as south of Iceland and sunk the British
auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi. Febuary 18th-19th, 1940 unsuccessful sortie
as far as the Shetlands-Norway narrows. |
