German battle cruiser Scharnhorst Kiel, Germany undergoing repairs according to the U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary dated 5 August 1942

Scharnhorst. Original postcard Chocolate La Estrella

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British King George V-class of which the HMS Duke of York was part. 

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An item reported that the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst now lying at Kiel, Germany for repairs was expected to execute post-repair trials in the near future.(1)

Note

1. Part of Scharnhorst-class battleships/battle cruisers preceded by planned L20e a-class and realized Bayern-class succeeded by Bismarch-class, laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft Wilhemshaven, Germany on 15 June 1935, launched on 3 October 1936, commissioned on 7 January 1939 and sunk while in battle off the North Cape on 26 December 1943 by the British battleship HMS Duke of York with just 36 survivors of a crew of 1,968 men. Her sister ship was the Gneisenau. The Scharnhorst was to replace the old dreadnought Elsass and so she became first know in official documents and newspaper as the Ersatz Elsass and in the contracts as "D”.

Source

Map Room Papers (Roosevelt Administration), 1942 - 1945. U.S. Joint Intelligence Committee. Daily summary No. 238 dated 5 August 1942.