The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Two German armoured cruisers, possibly the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau. Each carried eight 8.2 inch guns, six 5.9 inch guns and 20 3.4 inch guns, and had a displacement of 11 600 tons; their respective speeds were 21 and 24 knots. Of the principal German warships stationed in the Pacific, these were the most important.
A sketch showing the elevation and plan of the Scharnhorst and the Gneisenau, both German armoured cruisers. Each carried eight 8.2 inch guns, six 5.9 inch guns and 20 3.4 inch guns, and had a displa
The German submarine U101 (foreground) at the dockyard in England. A class U99 patrol submarine, the U101 was commissioned on 15 May 1917. She had a complement of 39. Her displacement was 750 tons
Group portrait of unidentified officers of the German cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau.
NEW BRITAIN, 1914-08. RABAUL ON SIMPSON HARBOUR, THE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF BLANCHE BAY, WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE CENTRE OF ALL GERMAN POSSESSIONS IN THE PACIFIC. THIS PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS FOUR GERMAN WARSHI
Darwin, Northern Territory. 30 January 1916. The Royal Navy armoured cruiser HMS Cornwall at Darwin. Cornwall was one of the ships which engaged the German Navy cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at t
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944. THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY CRUISER, THE HMAS "HOBART" OF 7,105 TONS WHICH MOUNTS EIGHT 6 INCH BL MARK XXII GUNS AND EIGHT 21" TORPEDOES AND HAS A MAXIMUM SPEED OF 32.5 KNOTS.
