German auxiliary cruiser Orion
- Displacement
- 15,700 long tons (15,952 t)
- Length
- 148 m (485.6 ft)
- Beam
- 18.6 m (61 ft)
- Speed
- 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h, 17 mph)
- Complement
- 356
- Main gun
- 150 mm (5.9 in)
Service
- as Kurmark1930 — 1939118 days of the war
- as Orion9 December 1939 — 4 May 19451,973 days of the war
- Name
- German auxiliary cruiser Orion
- Namesake
- Kurmark
- Laid down
- 1930
- Launched
- 1930
- Commissioned
- 1930
- Fate
- Sunk by air raid, 4 May 1945 (1945)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 15,700 long tons (15,952 t)
- Length
- 148 m (485.6 ft)
- Beam
- 18.6 m (61 ft)
- Draught
- 8.2 m (26.9 ft)
- Speed
- 14.8 knots (27.4 km/h, 17 mph)
- Range
- 18,000 nmi (33,336 km)
- Complement
- 356
- Main gun
- 150 mm (5.9 in)
German auxiliary cruiser Orion was a auxiliary cruiser in service with the Kriegsmarine. She was named for Kurmark. Her keel was laid in 1930. Launched in 1930, she entered service in 1930.
She displaced 15,700 long tons. She measured 148 m (486 ft) long with a beam of 18.6 m (61 ft). Her designed speed was 14.8 knots, and she carried a complement of 356.
Her main battery was six 150 mm (5.9 in) guns. She carried one aircraft.
She served with the Kriegsmarine as Kurmark until 1939. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine, serving as Orion from 9 December 1939. She was in commission for 2,091 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 4 May 1945, at 53°57′N 14°17′E. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 4 × steam turbines, 1 × shaft, 4 × boilers, 6200 shp
- Armament
- 6 × 15 cm SK L/45 (taken from battleship Schleswig-Holstein
- 1 × 7.5 cm gun
- 2 × 3.7 cm SK C/30
- 4 × 2 cm FlaK 30
- 6 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 228 x EMC mines
- Aircraft
- 1 x Arado Ar 196 A-1
- 1 x Nakajima E8N
Sources
- Facts harvested from German auxiliary cruiser Orion on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.