Ogni monografia contiene una raccolta di dettagliati disegni al tratto a più viste (in scala 1/72 e 1/48) e 4 pagine di profili a colori del mezzo trattato. In early February, minesweepers swept a route through the English Channel, though the British failed to detect the activity. The cruiser and destroyers carried the assault forces for Narvik and Trondheim, while Gneisenau and Scharnhorst provided cover for them. Specifications : Heller Product Number: 81080; Out of Stock. [11] Later that day, at around 14:30, the three ships came under attack by a force of British bombers, though the bombers failed to make any hits. [31] On 6 February 1942, a bomb fell close to the ship, but caused no damage. Heavily damaged in an air raid 26–27 February 1942. The German naval invasion force consisted of Battleships to E-boats needed to transport 120,000 German troops and their weapons and supplies. Aerial reconnaissance photo of Gdynia, Poland, in June 1942 (NH 91656).jpg. The flooding also disabled several components of the ship's propulsion system. [33] The torpedo boats were led by Kapitän Erich Bey, aboard the destroyer Z29. [5], Gneisenau remained unused in Gotenhafen until the end of the war. The intent of the operation was to draw out British units and ease the pressure on the heavy cruiser ("pocket battleship") Admiral Graf Spee, which was being pursued in the South Atlantic. On 22 February, the pair spotted an empty convoy sailing west, though it dispersed at the appearance of the battleships. Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine.She was the second vessel of her class, which included one other ship, Scharnhorst.The ship was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel, she was laid down on 6 May 1935 and launched on 8 December 1936. The blast killed 112 men and wounded 21 others. There, the damage incurred during the engagement with Renown was repaired. The cruiser Newcastle arrived on the scene, which prompted Marschall to halt rescue operations and flee. The Germans' radar detected the British at long range, which allowed Lütjens to avoid the British patrols, with the aid of a squall. [15], HMS Glorious photographed in May 1940 operating off Norway, At 17:45, the German battleships spotted the British aircraft carrier Glorious and two escorting destroyers, Ardent and Acasta, at a range of some 50,000 m (55,000 yd). In less than an hour's shooting, Glorious was reduced to a burning hulk. Gneisenau sank three ships, and along with a fourth destroyed by Scharnhorst, the pair accounted for 25,784 GRT of Allied shipping. As a result of the attacks, the ship was moved out of the dry dock and moved to the harbor. He therefore decided to head for Brest in occupied France, which the ships reached on 22 March. Two days later, the German flotilla intercepted the auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi. [36][37] Several more attacks were launched over the next two hours, but the Luftwaffe screen repulsed them all. and Admiral Graf Spee [46] Gneisenau was disarmed and her 28 cm and 15 cm gun turrets were used as shore batteries. He chose the Cape Town-Gibraltar convoy route, and positioned himself to the northwest of Cape Verde. Due to defective drag weights, the launched hull could not be completely stopped, so it … Admiral Marschall detached Admiral Hipper and the four destroyers to refuel in Trondheim, while he would steam to the Harstad area. The Nazi government also needed time to negotiate the Anglo-German Naval Agreement, which allowed new battleship construction. Gneisenau was damaged by heavy storms and returned to Kiel for repairs, ready to depart again on 22 January 1941 under command of Admiral Lütjens. , Admiral Scheer Malaya turned on the two battleships and closed to 24,000 m (26,000 yd), well within the range of the Germans' guns, but Lütjens refused to be drawn into an engagement. The aircraft hangar was rearranged, and the catapult that had been mounted on top of it was removed. On 6 April 1941, a single Bristol Beaufort piloted by Flying Officer Kenneth Campbell attacked the German battleship Gneisenau in Brest harbour in Brittany, where she and her sister ship, Scharnhorst, were sheltering beneath a massive array of anti-aircraft guns. Scrapped after the war. Some 3,050 t (3,000 long tons; 3,360 short tons) of water flooded the ship and caused a 2 degree list to starboard. They entered the Channel an hour later; the three ships sped at 27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph), hugging the French coast along the voyage. The ship was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel; she was laid down on 6 May 1935 and launched on 8 December 1936. 23.11.1939: The two battlecruisers sink the British auxiliary cruiser Rawalpindi . Gneisenau and Scharnhorst then turned to disengage. The ship was quickly reduced to a burning wreck; Marschall ordered Scharnhorst to pick up survivors while he stood by in Gneisenau. [2], She was armed with nine 28 cm (11.1 in) L/54.5 guns arranged in three triple gun turrets: two superfiring turrets forward—Anton and Bruno—and one aft—Caesar. A pair of U-boats sank a total of 28,488 GRT of shipping on the night of 8–9 March. 6,200 nmi (11,500 km; 7,100 mi) at 19 kn (35 km/h; 22 mph), 10 (later 16) × 2 cm/65 (0.79") C/30 or C/38. [40] Gneisenau reached Kiel the following day, where she went into a floating dry dock at the Deutsche Werke dockard. The ship was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel; she was laid down on 6 May 1935 and launched on 8 December 1936. One of them struck Scharnhorst, however, and caused serious damage. [19] Although the destroyers attempted to cover Glorious with smoke screens, the German battleships used their Seetakt radar to assist the gunlaying. PRE-ORDER. [32], Gneisenau's 28 cm turret Caesar at Austrått fort, Norway, Repair work on Gneisenau was completed by 26 February 1942, and she was scheduled to deploy to Norway on 6 March. € 20,00 . She was powered by three Germania geared steam turbines, which developed a total of 165,930 shaft horsepower (123,730 kW) and yielded a maximum speed of 31.3 kn (58.0 km/h) on speed trials. Gneisenau— German Tier VII battleship. [32] The crew partially flooded the magazine to prevent a more catastrophic explosion. They were detected in the Skagerrak and the heavy units of the British Home Fleet deployed to cover the passage between Iceland and the Faroes. Garzke, William H.; Dulin, Robert O. [15] The purpose of the sortie was to interrupt Allied resupply efforts to the Norwegians and to relieve the pressure on German troops fighting in Norway. [33] The British failed to detect their departure, as the submarine that had been tasked with observing the port had withdrawn to recharge its batteries. Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of the German Kriegsmarine. Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. It was decided to make alterations to the ship while she was drydocked for repairs; these included the installation of fourteen additional 2 cm anti-aircraft guns and six 53.3 cm torpedo tubes amidships. Gneisenau and Scharnhorst operated together for much of the early portion of World War II, including sorties into the Atlantic to raid British merchant shipping. German aircraft arrived later to jam British radar with chaff. It soon got obvious that the straight bow of the ships had to be modified because of the amount of water taken over at high speed. In difference to the Panzerschiffe a high-pressure steam engine was chosen for these ship to give them a much higher speed but since those engines never worked without any problems later operations were often negatively influenced by them. The German Battleship Gneisenau, Kriegsmarine warship of the Scharnhorst class in World War II. At 21:00, Gneisenau and Scharnhorst took up a position west of the Vestfjorden to provide distant cover to both of the landings at Narvik and Trondheim. During this second raid, a 227 kg (500 lb) armor-piercing (AP) bomb narrowly missed the ship. [11] Gneisenau scored two hits on Renown; the first failed to explode and the second exploded on her upper deck and damaged the radio equipment. By 3 February, the two battleships had evaded the last British cruiser patrol, and had broken into the open Atlantic. Turret Cäsar was mounted at Lundahaugen at Austraatt in the mouth of the Trondheim fjord. Schmalenbach, Paul (1973). [6] The ship's first combat operation, under the command of Admiral Wilhelm Marschall, began on 21 November 1939;[9] the ship, in company with her sister Scharnhorst, the light cruiser Köln, and nine destroyers, was to patrol the area between Iceland and the Faroe Islands. The original 28 cm guns were used as coastal batteries: Guns of the destroyed Turret Anton were set up as single mounting at the Hook van Holland near Rotterdam, Turret Bruno was installed at Fjett outside of Bergen as Batterie "Fjell" and was cut to scrap in 1968. The first attack took place on the night of 20–31 March, and a second occurred on 4–5 April. As a result, she went back to the dockyard for extensive modification of the bow. As it was peacetime, the ship carried primarily practice ammunition, with only a small number of live rounds. Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine. She was eventually broken up for scrap in 1951. Although often called "battlecruisers", those ships were officially labeled as "battleships". A strong force from the British Home Fleet attempted to intercept the flotilla, but it failed to find it. [22] In August, the ship's commander was replaced by KzS Otto Fein, who would captain the ship for the majority of her active wartime career. In 1943, Hitler ordered the cessation of conversion work, and on 27 March 1945, she was sunk as a blockship in Gdynia (Gotenhafen) in German-occupied Poland. She was back in Germany when war began in September 1939. Under the re-armament project, she was equipped with 380 mm guns that enabled her to fight off larger contemporary ships. The ship was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel; she was laid down on 6 May 1935 and launched on 8 December 1936. She was laid down in June 1935, launched on 3rd October 1936, and completed in January 1939 at the The intent of the operation was to draw out British units and ease the pressure on the heavy cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, which was being pursued in the South Atlantic. This is the 1/400 Scale Gneisenau German Battleship Plastic Model Military Ship Kit by Heller. Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. [44] On 4 April, the ship went to Gotenhafen, escorted by the training ship Schlesien and the icebreaker Castor. His intention was to give the impression he was attempting to break out into the Atlantic, to draw British attention away from Scharnhorst as she made the return voyage to Germany. In Sturton, Ian. She and her sister were the covering force for the assaults on Narvik and Trondheim; the two ships left Wilhelmshaven on the morning of 7 April, along with the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper and fourteen destroyers. should get the projected 38 cm guns, but after the battle in the Barents Sea at the end of 1942 all work on major ships was canceled. After a successful raid in the Atlantic in 1941, Gneisenau and her sister put in at Brest, France. [2], Gneisenau left Germany for a round of trials in the Atlantic in June 1939. Two of the bombs exploded on the main armor deck while the other two failed to detonate. Lütjens ordered Hoffmann to rejoin the flagship immediately. Her displacement had been announced to be 26,000 tons, but in fact her standard displacement was 31,800 tons. 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