SMS Scharnhorst was named after the chief of the Prussian general staff during the Napoleonic Wars The wreck of a World War One German armoured cruiser has been located off the Falkland Islands ...

Scharnhorst limped home ... by other surface warships did directly engage carriers one more time in World War II during the Battle of Samar, though this time the U.S. carriers’ air wings ...

The crew of the patrol ship were joined by personnel from British Forces South Atlantic Islands (BFSAI), led by BFSAI commander, Brigadier Nick Sawyer. Falklands patrol HMS Forth hosted a wreath ...

SMS Scharnhorst was the flagship of Admiral Maximilian Graf von Spee's East Asia Squadron. The armoured cruiser was sunk during the Battle of the Falkland Islands, a crucial naval battle in the ...

This convoy was expected to reach Bear Island on Christmas Day about the same time as the homeward bound Convoy RA 55A, when the Admiralty signalled that the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst was ...