Gerhard von Scharnhorst was a Prussiangeneral. Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (November 12, 1755 - June 28, 1813) was a general in Prussian service, Chief of the Prussian General Staff, noted for both his writings and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars. ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... General is a military rank, in most nations the highest rank, although some nations have the higher rank of Field Marshal. ...
Two naval ships of Germany were named after the general:
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The ship was to be called Scharnhorst, while her sister the Gneisenau was ordered in secret under the 1934 Program; the revival of the names of Graf Spee's cruisers was a calculated gesture of defiance cast in the direction of the Treaty of Versailles.
The Scharnhorst was now something of a liability, and when she was repaired she was sent north to Norway to join the Tirpitz in balefully watching the convoys to Russia.
Finally the Scharnhorst was torpedoed by the Jamaica, and sank with the loss of her entire crew except for 36 men.
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