German ships in world war 2?

Question

Most of their big ships were named after famous Germans such as Bismarck and Admiral Tirpitz. Who were Scharnhorst, Gneisenau
and Prinz Eugen in German history?

Answer 1

Scharnhorst was a famous World War II 31,500 tonne Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine, named after the Prussian general and army reformer Gerhard von Scharnhorst and to commemorate the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Scharnhorst. She usually sailed into battle accompanied by her sistership, the equally famous Gneisenau.

Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (November 12, 1755 - June 28, 1813) was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars.

Gneisenau was a famous World War II 31,100 ton Gneisenau class battlecruiser of the German Kriegsmarine. She was the second to carry the name of the Prussian general August von Gneisenau; the first was the World War I armoured cruiser SMS Gneisenau, destroyed near the Falkland Islands in 1914.

Gneisenau proved the greatest Prussian general since Frederick the Great. As a man, his noble character and virtuous life secured him the affection and reverence not only of his superiors and subordinates in the service, but of the whole Prussian nation. A statue by Rauch was erected in Berlin in 1855, and in memory of the siege of 1807, the Colberg grenadier regiment received his name in 1889.


The German cruiser Prinz Eugen (pron. 'Oy-geen') was an enlarged Admiral Hipper class heavy cruiser which served with the Kriegsmarine of Germany during World War II.

She was named after Prince Eugene of Savoy (Prinz Eugen in German).

Prinz Eugen was a Hipper class heavy cruiser: like her sister ships, Admiral Hipper and Blücher, she was built in the mid-1930s. Her keel was laid at the Krupp Germania shipyard in Kiel on April 23, 1936, and she was launched on August 22, 1938, and commissioned on August 1, 1940.

François-Eugène, Prince of Savoy-Carignan (October 18, 1663 – April 24, 1736), known as Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in German, was arguably the greatest general to serve the Habsburgs.

Answer 2

Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst
(November 12, 1755 - June 28, 1813) was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff.

August Wilhelm Antonius Graf Neidhardt von Gneisenau (27 October 1760 – 23 August 1831) was a Prussian field marshal.

Fran̤ois-Eug̬ne, Prince of Savoy-Carignan (October 18, 1663 РApril 24, 1736), known as Prinz Eugen von Savoyen in German, was arguably the greatest general to serve the Habsburgs.

More info is on Wikipedia. Just type in Scharnhorst, Gneisenau
and Prinz Eugen seperately to get more info. I won't put it on here because it will take up the whole page!

Answer 3

Click on the link below for info on the Scharnhorst and her sister ship Gneisenau

http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnhorst/miscellaneous/gerhard_scharnhorst/gerhard_scharnhorst.html

For the Prinz Eugen :

http://www.pcug.org.au/~eugen/prinz1.htm

Answer 4

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