German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
Service
- as Goldenfels? — 1939118 days of the war
- 19 December 1939 — 22 November 1941704 days of the war
- Name
- German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis
- Builder
- Bremer Vulkan
- Launched
- 16 December 1937
- Commissioned
- 19 December 1939
- Fate
- Sunk by HMS Devonshire (39) in the South Atlantic, 22 November 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 17,322 long tons (17,600 t)
- Length
- 155 m (508.5 ft)
- Beam
- 18.7 m (61.4 ft)
- Draught
- 8.7 m (28.5 ft)
- Speed
- 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h, 20.1 mph)
- Range
- 60,000 nmi (111,120 km)
- Complement
- 349
- Main gun
- 150 mm (5.9 in)
German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis was a auxiliary cruiser, operated by the Kriegsmarine. She was built by Bremer Vulkan. Launched on 16 December 1937, she entered service on 19 December 1939.
Displacement was 17,322 long tons. She measured 155 m (509 ft) long with a beam of 18.7 m (61 ft). Her designed speed was 17.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 349.
Her main battery was six 150 mm (5.9 in) guns. She carried two aircraft. Her machinery developed 7,600 hp.
She served with the Kriegsmarine as Goldenfels until 1939. She then passed to the Kriegsmarine from 19 December 1939. She was in commission for 822 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 22 November 1941, at 4°12′S 18°42′W. 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
- 2 × 6-cylinder diesel engines
- 1 × shaft
- Power
- 7600 hp
- Armament
- 6 × 15 cm SK L/45
- 1 × 75 mm gun
- 2 × twin 3.7 cm SK C/30
- 2 × twin 2 cm C/30 cannons
- 4 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
- 93 × mines
- Aircraft
- 2 × Heinkel He 114C
Sources
- Facts harvested from German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: S.W.Roskill — The War at Sea 1939-1945, Chapter XII — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons