German Kriegsmarine Battleships

KRIEGSMARINE BATTLESHIPS
(Schlachtschiffe)

The battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau in Kiel during the Spring of 1939.

The battleships of the Kriegsmarine, the German Navy in World War II.

Scharnhorst Class
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commd.	Fate
Scharnhorst	Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven	15.06.1935	03.10.1936	07.01.1939	Sunk after battle off North Cape 26.12.1943
Gneisenau	Deutsche Werke, Kiel	06.05.1935	08.12.1936	21.05.1938	Decommissioned 01.07.1942 Scuttled in Gotenhafen 27.03.1945
Bismarck Class
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commd.	Fate
Bismarck	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	01.07.1936	14.02.1939	24.08.1940	Sunk after battle in the North Atlantic 27.05.1941
Tirpitz	Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven	01.11.1936	01.04.1939	25.02.1941	Bombed and sunk in Tromsø, Norway 12.11.1944
H Class
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commd.	Fate
H	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	15.07.1939	-	(Planned for 1943)	Scrapped on slip
J	AG Weser, Bremen	15.08.1939	-	(Planned for 1943)	Scrapped on slip
K	AG Weser, Bremen	-	-	-	Canceled before construction began
L	Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven	-	-	-	Canceled before construction began
M	Blohm & Voss, Hamburg	-	-	-	Canceled before construction began
N	Deutsche Werke, Kiel	-	-	-	Canceled before construction began