German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin
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The Pinquin was a German Hilfskreuzer (auxiliary cruiser) formerly a freighter named Kandelfels. It was owned by the Hansa Line, Bremen and converted to a war ship by DeSchiMAG, Bremen. Her main armament was taken from the obsolete battleship Schlesien.
On May 8, 1941 she was sunk by HMS Cornwall. She was the first Kriegsmarine auxiliary cruiser to be sunk. Unfortunately 200 prisoners along with 332 Germans were lost with the ship, HMS Cornwall managed to rescue 60 crew members and 22 prisoners who were originally the crew of the 32 merchant ships the raider had either sunk or captured.
German Auxiliary Cruiser Pinguin, disguised as the Greek MV Knossos, sunk 1941
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[edit] Fast Facts
- Commander: Kapitän zur See (Captain) Ernst Krüder (Knights Cross with Oak Leaves)
- Wartime Crew: 420
- Sail date: 22 June 1940
- Ship Number: 33
- HSK Number: V
- British Admiralty Letter: F
- Builder: Weser Werk, Bremen
- Launched: 1936
- Ships Sunk or Captured: 32 ships
- Tonnage Sunk: 154.710
- Days at Sea: 320
- Tons/Day: (average) 483,47
- Sistership: HK Atlantis
[edit] General Characteristics
From Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922-1946
- Displacement: 17600 tons (7766 tons gross register tonnage)
- Length: 155 metres
- Beam: 18.7 metres
- Draught: 8.7 meters
- Machinery: 1 shaft, 2 6 cylinder MAN tyoe, Diesel engines, 7600 hp
- Speed 16: knots
- Endurance: 60.000 nautical miles
- Armament
- Main Battery: 6 x 155 mm
- Secondary Battery: 1 x 75 mm, 2 x 37 mm
- Torpedo Tubes: 4 (Two Twin 21-inch)
- Mines: 300
- Crew: 401
[edit] Aircraft
Aircraft: 2 Heinkel He 115 - later 1 Arado Arl96
[edit] Smaller Boats
Schnellboot: None
[edit] External links
| Nazi German auxiliary cruisers of the Second World War |
| Kriegsmarine |
| Orion | Atlantis | Widder | Thor | Pinguin | Stier | Komet | Kormoran | Michel |
