Bayern-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Gneisenau. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Scharnhorst-class preceded by planned L20e a-class and realized Bayern-class succeeded by Bismarch-class, laid down at the Deutsche Werke on 6 May 1935, launched on 8 December 1936, commissioned on 21 May 1938, heavily damaged in a British air attack on 26 February 1942, decommissioned on 1 July 1942, scuttled as blockship at Gotenhafen [Gdynia, Poland] on 23 March 1945 and broken up in 1951. The Gneiseanu was to replace the old dreadnought Hessen (Braunschweig-class) and so she became first know in official documents and newspaper as the Ersatz Hessen and in the contracts as “E”.
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