If speed is what you want, Scharnhorst will deliver. For those few opponents that can match her speed, Scharnhorst offers superb protection. All smaller prey will succumb to the pounding of her nine 11 inch guns. Scharnhorst is the choice for the adventurous customer.

Displacement

34,841 tons standard; 38,900 tons deep load.

Dimensions

754 feet oa x 98 feet x 27 feet.

Machinery

3-shaft Brown-Boveri geared turbines and 12 Wagner boilers producing 165,000 shaft horsepower and a top speed of 32 knots.

Armor

14 inch belt, turret face, and conning tower; 5 inch secondary gun turret face; 3 inch deck.

Armament

Nine 11-inch 55 caliber guns in triple turrets; twelve 5.9-inch guns in single and twin turrets.

Complement

1,840 officers and men.