SMS Gneisenau (1914)
LocationFalkland Islands
Year1914
Size11,600 tonnes
TypeArmored cruiser
About SMS Gneisenau (1914)
Sister ship of SMS Scharnhorst, sunk in the same battle. Fought to the end, helping sink a British armored cruiser before going down. Over 580 crew died. The wreck has not been definitively located.
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