SS Scharnhorst
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SS Scharnhorst may refer to one of the following passenger steamers for North German Lloyd:
, in service from 1904–1919; given to France
as war reparations in 1919, in service from 1934–1939; trapped at Kobe, Japan, in 1939; sold to Japanese in 1942 and converted into Japanese aircraft carrier Shinyo
; sunk by in 1944
, in service from 1904–1919; given to France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
as war reparations in 1919, in service from 1934–1939; trapped at Kobe, Japan, in 1939; sold to Japanese in 1942 and converted into Japanese aircraft carrier Shinyo
Japanese aircraft carrier Shinyo
was an escort carrier operated by the Imperial Japanese Navy, converted from the German ocean liner , which had been purchased by the Japanese Navy. The liner had been trapped in Kure, Japan following the outbreak of World War II in Europe, which prevented any attempt for the ship to return to...
; sunk by in 1944