what ship on hsf badge?

[Terry OToole]

llast night whilst slightly inebriated in the pub i lost a bet that the Bismark had triple barrelled guns when in fact she twin barrels , i always thought that the ship portrayed on the hsf badge was the Bismark --which clearly shows triple gun turrets , which ship is it thats featured on this badge?

[Mike Kenny]

Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were the only battleships with two forward triple turrets.

Regards
Mike

[Terry OToole]

Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were the only battleships with two forward triple turrets.

Regards
Mike

cheers Mike , that explains it the ship on the badge is the Scharnhorst, teach me to play expert when i m bladdered

[Steve P]

Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were the only battleships with two forward triple turrets.

Regards
Mike

Quite so! I knew a gent who served on the Gneisenau...don't forget her she and the Schanhorst were sister ships - Gneisenau pictured Below.

[DaveNZ]

Quite so! I knew a gent who served on the Gneisenau...don't forget her she and the Schanhorst were sister ships - Gneisenau pictured Below.

That picture brings back memories of the big model of Gneisenau i made when I was about 11

[Steve P]

That picture brings back memories of the big model of Gneisenau i made when I was about 11

Dave, That's cool man...I made the Scharnhorst at about the same age...and when I was 14 I made the Bismarck ...believe it or not I still have it many decades later - here's a picture of her today!

[JustinG]

I kind of like this image. sort of mimics the badge except for the guns.

Regards,
JustinG

[DaveNZ]

Dave, That's cool man...I made the Scharnhorst at about the same age...and when I was 14 I made the Bismarck ...believe it or not I still have it many decades later - here's a picture of her today!

Nice display Steve

i cant remember what happened to my model; probably got blown up one guy fawkes day as a lot of my models did back then

I do still have my first ever model though: a FW 190...that is goin back to before I was 8 maybe? all a bit fuzzy these days

anyhow I digress

[Steve P]

I kind of like this image. sort of mimics the badge except for the guns.

Regards,
JustinG

Excellent Pic mate!!!

[Steve P]

Nice display Steve

i cant remember what happened to my model; probably got blown up one guy fawkes day as a lot of my models did back then

[Simon O.]

Here's a head on shot of the Scharnhorst from my collection. You can see pretty much all the features that appear on the badge.

[bnz41]

Great picture Simon!

[Norm F]

Very interesting. I guess Scharnhorst makes more sense over Gneisenau since it was the newest battleship at the time the badge was designed.

[Norm F]

But you have to admit, Justin's photo sure makes a nice fit! Maybe the designer of the badge was inspired by both classes.
Which ship is that Justin?
Best regards,
---Norm

[bnz41]

Interesting!

Without a doubt the Bismarck-class mathces the design far better than the Scharnhorst-class.

However, the three barrel guns is a dead give away!