KRIEGSMARINE AUXILIARY CRUISERS
(Hilfskreuzer)
Photo of auxiliary cruiser Atlantis taken by Life magazine photographer David E. Scherman. April 1941.
| Auxiliary Cruisers |
| Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commd. |
Fate |
ORION
(ex-Kurmark) |
Blohm & Voss,
Hamburg |
27.03.1930 |
09.12.1939 |
Bombed north of Swinemünde
04.05.1945 |
ATLANTIS
(ex-Goldenfels) |
Bremer Vulcan AG,
Bremen-Vegesack |
16.12.1937 |
19.12.1939 |
Sunk in the South Atlantic
22.11.1941 |
WIDDER
(ex-Neumark) |
Howaldtswerke AG,
Kiel |
21.12.1929 |
30.11.1939 as AC |
To Britain 1945 |
THOR
(ex-Santa Cruz) |
Deutsche Werft,
Hamburg |
16.03.1938 |
15.03.1940 |
Sunk in Yokohama, Japan
30.11.1942 |
PINGUIN
(ex-Kandefels) |
AG Weser,
Bremen |
12.11.1936 |
06.02.1940 |
Sunk in Indian Ocean
08.05.1941 |
STIER
(ex-Cairo) |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
07.10.1936 |
1942 |
Sunk in South Atlantic
27.09.1942 |
KOMET
(ex-Ems) |
Deutsche Werft,
Hamburg |
16.01.1937 |
02.06.1940 |
Sunk in English Channel
14.10.1942 |
KORMORAN
(ex-Steiermark) |
Germaniawerft,
Kiel |
15.09.1938 |
09.10.1940 |
Sunk off Shark Bay, Australia
19.11.1941 |
MICHEL
(ex-Bonn)
(ex-Bielsko) |
Danziger Werft |
04.1939 |
07.09.1941 |
Torpedoed by USS Tarpon
60 miles east of Yokohama
17.10.1943 |
CORONEL
(ex-Togo) |
Bremer Vulcan AG,
Bremen-Vegesack |
1938 |
.12.1942 as AC |
To Britain 1945 |
HANSA
(ex-Meersburg) |
Burmeister & Wain,
Copenhagen |
05.1940 |
05.11.1940 |
To Britain 1945 |
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