{"product_id":"battlecruiser-gneisenau","title":"Battlecruiser Gneisenau","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevell 1:570\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"IPA-label IPA-label-small\"\u003eGerman pronunciation:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"IPA nowrap\" lang=\"de-Latn-fonipa\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Help:IPA\/Standard_German\" title=\"Help:IPA\/Standard German\"\u003e[ˈɡnaɪ̯zənaʊ̯]\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e) was a German \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Capital_ship\" title=\"Capital ship\"\u003ecapital ship\u003c\/a\u003e, alternatively described as a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battleship\" title=\"Battleship\"\u003ebattleship\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Battlecruiser\" title=\"Battlecruiser\"\u003ebattlecruiser\u003c\/a\u003e, in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nazi_Germany\" title=\"Nazi Germany\"\u003eNazi Germany\u003c\/a\u003e's \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kriegsmarine\" title=\"Kriegsmarine\"\u003eKriegsmarine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. She was the second vessel of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scharnhorst-class_battleship\" title=\"Scharnhorst-class battleship\"\u003eher class\u003c\/a\u003e, which included her sister ship, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_battleship_Scharnhorst\" title=\"German battleship Scharnhorst\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. The ship was built at the \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Deutsche_Werke\" title=\"Deutsche Werke\"\u003eDeutsche Werke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e dockyard in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kiel\" title=\"Kiel\"\u003eKiel\u003c\/a\u003e;\u003cbr\u003e she was laid down on 6 May 1935 and launched on 8 December 1936. Her \u003cbr\u003eoutfitting was completed in May 1938: she was armed with a main battery \u003cbr\u003eof nine \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/28_cm_SK_C\/34_naval_gun\" title=\"28 cm SK C\/34 naval gun\"\u003e28 cm (11 in) C\/34 guns\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e in three triple turrets. At one point after construction had started, a\u003cbr\u003e plan had been approved to replace these weapons with six \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/38_cm_SK_C\/34_naval_gun\" title=\"38 cm SK C\/34 naval gun\"\u003e38 cm (15 in) SK C\/34\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e guns in twin turrets, but when it was realized that this would involve a\u003cbr\u003e lot of redesign, that plan was abandoned, and construction continued \u003cbr\u003ewith the originally planned lower-calibre guns. The upgrade had been \u003cbr\u003eintended to be completed in the winter of 1940–41, but instead, due to \u003cbr\u003ethe outbreak of World War II, that work was stopped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e operated together for \u003cbr\u003emuch of the early portion of World War II, for example making sorties \u003cbr\u003einto the Atlantic to raid British merchant ships. During their first \u003cbr\u003eoperation, the two ships sank the British auxiliary cruiser \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Rawalpindi\" title=\"HMS Rawalpindi\"\u003eHMS \u003ci\u003eRawalpindi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e in a short battle. \u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eScharnhorst\u003c\/i\u003e also participated in the German invasion of Norway: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung\" title=\"Operation Weserübung\"\u003eOperation Weserübung\u003c\/a\u003e. During operations off the coast of Norway, the two ships engaged the battlecruiser \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Renown_(1916)\" title=\"HMS Renown (1916)\"\u003eHMS \u003ci\u003eRenown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and sank the aircraft carrier \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Glorious\" title=\"HMS Glorious\"\u003eHMS \u003ci\u003eGlorious\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e was damaged in the action with \u003ci\u003eRenown\u003c\/i\u003e and later torpedoed by a British submarine, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/HMS_Clyde_(N12)\" title=\"HMS Clyde (N12)\"\u003eHMS \u003ci\u003eClyde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, off the coast of Norway. After \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Operation_Berlin_(Atlantic)\" title=\"Operation Berlin (Atlantic)\"\u003ea successful raid in the Atlantic\u003c\/a\u003e in 1941, \u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e and her sister ship put in at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brest,_France\" title=\"Brest, France\"\u003eBrest\u003c\/a\u003e, France. The two battleships were the object of repeated bombing raids by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RAF\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"RAF\"\u003eRAF\u003c\/a\u003e, during which \u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e was hit several times, though she was ultimately repaired.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn early 1942, the two ships – along with the heavy cruiser \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/German_cruiser_Prinz_Eugen\" title=\"German cruiser Prinz Eugen\"\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrinz Eugen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e – successfully \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Channel_Dash\" title=\"Channel Dash\"\u003emade a daylight dash\u003c\/a\u003e up the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/English_Channel\" title=\"English Channel\"\u003eEnglish Channel\u003c\/a\u003e from occupied France to Germany. After reaching Kiel in early February, \u003ci\u003eGneisenau\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e went into drydock. On the night of 26 February, the British launched an\u003cbr\u003e air attack on her; one bomb penetrated her armored deck and exploded in\u003cbr\u003e the forward ammunition magazine, causing serious damage and many \u003cbr\u003ecasualties. The necessary repairs would have been so time-consuming that\u003cbr\u003e it was decided instead to rebuild the ship to replace the nine 28 cm \u003cbr\u003eguns with six  38 cm guns in double turrets. The 28 cm guns were removed\u003cbr\u003e and used as shore batteries. But in 1943 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adolf_Hitler\" title=\"Adolf Hitler\"\u003eHitler\u003c\/a\u003e issued a stop-work order on the ship. On 27 March 1945, having been moved to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gotenhafen\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Gotenhafen\"\u003eGotenhafen\u003c\/a\u003e (Gdynia) in German-occupied Poland, she was sunk as a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blockship\" title=\"Blockship\"\u003eblockship\u003c\/a\u003e, and in 1951 she was broken up for scrap. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/revell.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/463304_1800x.webp?v=1754556073\" jsaction=\"\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" style=\"max-width: 1800px; width: 528px; height: 396px; margin: 0px;\" alt=\"Battleship Gneisenau\" jsname=\"kn3ccd\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57795537076608,"sku":"05043","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/Revell05043.jpg?v=1775219399","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/battlecruiser-gneisenau","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}