Characteristics of German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau as reported to the British Admiralty on 13 November 1935

Scharnhorst. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Elsass and Hessen, part of Braunschweig-class©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Hessen as target. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

An item reported that the German Marineattaché captain Erwin Wassner at London informed the British Admiralty conform the Anglo-German Naval Agreement dated 18 June 1935 that the (Panzerschiffe D (1) and E (2) were laid down on 14 Feburary 1934. To be completed in spring 1938. Standard displacement (article 6 of Treaty) 26,000 tons/26,416 metric tons. and as dimensions 226,0 (waterline) x 30,0  (extreme beam at or below waterline) x 7.5 (mean draught at standard displacement) metres. Heaviest calibre 28cm.

Notes

1. Scharnhorst ordered as Ersatz Elsass replacing pre-dreadnought Elsass, contract name “D”.

2. Gneisenau ordered as Ersatz Hessen replacing pre-dreadnought Hessen, contract name “E”.

Source

Bundesarchiv. German Marineattaché at London. RM 12-II/119.