[Oztrich Boy]

Fog of war. The article reports the sinking occurring in Oslo Harbour. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were covering the landings at Trondheim and never went near Oslo.

The heavy cruiser Blücher. on the other hand did

And German navy heavy units looked very similar

Blücher

Gneisenau

[PzLdr]

Major difference is the number of turrets, and guns per turret. SCHARNHORST and GNIESENAU were the only Germabn ships with three turrets with three guns each [HIPPER class heavy cruisers and BISMARCK class battleships had four turrets of two guns each, the DEUTSHLAND Panzerschiffes had two turrets of thrre guns each].

Interestingly, SCHARNHORST and GNIESENAU were designed to allow replacement of her main guns [11”x9] with nine 15” guns. Would have made WW II in the Atlantic more interesting if the conversion had been done.