re: Wreck of SMS Scharnhorst found

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Interesting that it's roughly contemperaneous with the Titanic wreck, but looks to be in much better shape.

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Warships are built much more robustly, both hull and superstructure.

Think a 1912 civilian autobus versus a 1906 military tank (if they had such a thing then).

I’ve always been fascinated by late 19th & early 20th Century capital ships. It was an era of massive naval design advancements. In a period of just a few decades navies transformed from sail powered wooden ships with rows of relatively small cannon firing from port holes to iron hulled ships, powered by massive coal burning steam turbines, firing massive cannons in turrets. The French in particular really came up with some crazy designs at the dawn of the 20th century.