SMS Scharnhorst
SMS Scharnhorst was an armored cruiser of the Imperial German Navy. She was the lead ship of her class, which included SMS Gneisenau. The ship was named after the Prussian military reformer General Gerhard von ScharnHorst. She served with the German East Asia Squadron in China from 1909 to 1914. After the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, she...