Scharnhorst
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Scharnhorst may refer to:
  • Gerhard von Scharnhorst
    Gerhard von Scharnhorst
    Gerhard Johann David Waitz von Scharnhorst was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars....

     (1755–1813), a Prussian general

  • Five ships of Germany named after the general:

}, a passenger steamer built in 1904
    • SMS Scharnhorst (1907)
      SMS Scharnhorst
      SMS Scharnhorst was an armored cruiser of the Imperial German Navy, built at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany. She was the lead ship of her class, which also included her sister . Scharnhorst and her sister were enlarged versions of the preceding ; they were equipped with a greater...

      , an armored cruiser of World War I, sunk at the Battle of the Falkland Islands

}, a German ocean liner, eventually purchased by Japan and converted into the escort carrier Shinyo
}, a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship and battlecruiser, saw action in World War II and was sunk at the Battle of the North Cape
    • Scharnhorst, formerly , a ship of the West German Bundesmarine from 1959 until 1980

  • Scharnhorst Order
    Scharnhorst Order
    The Scharnhorst Order was the highest medal awarded to the East German National People's Army. It was given for services to military or other strengthening of the German Democratic Republic...

    , the highest medal awarded to the East German National People's Army
  • Scharnhorst, Lower Saxony
    Scharnhorst, Lower Saxony
    Scharnhorst is a municipality in the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany....

    , a municipality in the district of Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Scharnhorst effect
    Scharnhorst effect
    The Scharnhorst effect is a hypothetical phenomenon in which light signals travel faster than c between two closely spaced conducting plates. It was predicted by Klaus Scharnhorst of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, and Gabriel Barton of the University of Sussex in Brighton, England...

    , a hypothetical phenomenon in which light signals travel faster between two closely spaced conducting plates than in a normal vacuum
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