Scharnhorst Class WWII battleship of the German Kriegsmarine. GNEISENAU was laid down on May 3 1935, launched on December 8 1936 and commissioned on May 21 1938. Torpedoed in April 1941, damaged in raids on Brest in December 1941, and hit in night attacks on Kiel in February 1942. Plans to fit 38cm/15″ guns were abandoned in early 1943. Instead GNEISENAU’s 28cm/11″ guns were resited at coastal batteries in occupied Norway and the Netherlands. GNEISENAU was scuttled at Gydnia in 1945. The wreck was refloated in September 1951 and scrapped.
12 sprues, hull & deck. L: 335mm, W: 43mm, Total parts 280+
