German battleship Gneisenau
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Gneisenau was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, in Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the second vessel of her class, which included her sister ship,
Gneisenau
Gneisenau in port
Gneisenau after her second bow alteration in 1942.
Gneisenau at sea
HMS Glorious
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HMS Glorious was the second of the three Courageous-class battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Designed to support the Baltic Project championed by the First Sea Lord, L
German battleship Gneisenau
…Norway: Operation Weserübung. During operations off the coast of Norway, the two ships engaged the battlecruiser HMS Renown and sank the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. Gneisenau was damaged in the action with Renown and later torpedoed by a British submarine, HMS Clyde, off the coast of Norway. After a successful…
Glorious after her conversion into an aircraft carrier
Glorious at anchor during the First World War
Aerial view of Glorious under way, 1936