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English: The Gneisenau Monument at the English Cemetery in Málaga is a memorial and funerary monument dedicated to the memory of the 42 crew members who lost their lives when the Imperial German Navy ship Gneisenau went down in the bay of Malaga on December 16th 1900. The monument recreates with granite blocks rustically grouped the breakwater where the ship was shipwrecked. It has a bronze tombstone in its upper part with the names of the deceased sailors, and another marble one in its lower part which states that the remains of 8 crew members are resting there. The inscription reads: "Hier ruhen acht am / 16. dezember 1900 / in Málaga verungluckte / der besatzung S. M. S. Gneisenau" ("Here rest eight members of the crew of S. M. S. Gneisenau who died in an accident in Málaga on 16 December 1900").
Español: El monumento Gneisenau en el Cementerio Inglés de Málaga es un monumento conmemorativo y funerario dedicado al recuerdo de los de 42 tripulantes que perdieron la vida cuando el barco de la Armada Imperial alemana Gneiseneau se hundió en la bahía de Málaga el 16 de diciembre de 1900. El monumento recrea con bloques de granito agrupados rústicamente la escollera en la que naufragó el navío. Cuenta con una lápida de bronce en su parte superior con los nombres de los marineros fallecidos, y otra de mármol en su parte inferior en la que se indica que en ese lugar descansan los restos de 8 miembros de la tripulación. La inscripción en la placa dice: «Hier ruhen acht am / 16. dezember 1900 / in Málaga verungluckte / der besatzung S. M. S. Gneisenau» («Aquí descansan ocho miembros de la tripulación del S. M. S. Gneisenau que murieron en un accidente en Málaga el 16 de diciembre de 1900»).
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