SS Scharnhorst (1934)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Germany | |
| Name | Scharnhorst |
| Owner | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| Operator | Norddeutscher Lloyd |
| Port of registry | Bremen |
| Route | Bremen – Far East |
| Builder | DeSchiMAG, Bremen |
| Yard number | 891 |
| Launched | 14 December 1934 |
| Completed | 1935 |
| In service | 3 May 1935 |
| Homeport | Bremen |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold |
| Japan | |
| Name | Shin'yō |
| Operator | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Acquired | 1942 |
| Commissioned | 15 December 1943 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk on 17 November 1944 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 74.1 ft (22.6 m) |
| Depth | 41 ft (12 m) |
| Installed power | 26,000 shp (19,000 kW) |
| Propulsion | twin steam turbines, turbo-electric transmission, twin screw |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Sensors & processing systems | direction finding equipment, echo sounding device, gyrocompass |
SS Scharnhorst was a Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner, launched in 1934, completed in 1935 and made her maiden voyage on 8 May 1935. She was the first big passenger liner built by the Third Reich. Under the German merchant flag, she was the second liner named after General Gerhard J. D. von Scharnhorst. She was one of three ships on the Far Eastern route between Bremen and Yokohama; her sister ships were Potsdam and Gneisenau. These three ships were planned to shorten the journey time between Bremen and Shanghai from the usual 50 days to 34. She was trapped in Japan in September 1939 and later converted into an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier named Shin'yō in 1942 and sunk by the US submarine USS Spadefish in 1944.