| The Sea Trials and Final Outfit (Part One) |
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| The Gneisenau passing through Möltenort, outward bound from Kiel in May 1938. |
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| Moored to a buoy in Kiel harbour the Gneisenau could be seen in June 1938. |
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| The Gneisenau lying at finishing buoy A3 in Kiel harbour. |
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| Here the Gneisenau can be seen during one of her sea trials shortly after being commissioned. |
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| The floating cranes at the Deutsche Werke shipyard, Kiel, is supplying the Gneisenau with last items. The ship in the background (to the right) is Admiral Graf Spee. |
The maiden voyage of the Gneisenau in late June - early July 1938 took her to the northern point of the British isles where this photograph has been taken. |
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| The Gneisenau in summer 1938. A Heinkel 114 sits on the forward catapult and an Arado 95 atop the C turret catapult. Both aircraft have wings folded. |
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| Another view of the Gneisenau during one of her sea trials. |