German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran
Service
- as Steiermark9 October 1940 — 19 November 1941406 days of the war
- Name
- German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran
- Pennant / hull number
- HSK-8
- Namesake
- Styria
- Builder
- Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany
- Launched
- 15 September 1938
- Commissioned
- 9 October 1940
- Fate
- Scuttled following battle on 19 November 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 19,586 long tons (19,900 t)
- Length
- 164 m (538.1 ft)
- Beam
- 20.2 m (66.3 ft)
- Draught
- 8.5 m (27.9 ft)
- Speed
- 18 knots (33.3 km/h, 20.7 mph)
- Complement
- 400
- Main gun
- 150 mm (5.9 in)
German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran was a auxiliary cruiser built for the Kriegsmarine. She carried the pennant number HSK-8. She was named for Styria. She was built by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany. Launched on 15 September 1938, she entered service on 9 October 1940.
Displacement was 19,586 long tons. She measured 164 m (538 ft) long with a beam of 20.2 m (66 ft). Her designed speed was 18 knots, and she carried a complement of 400.
Her main battery was six 150 mm (5.9 in) guns. She carried two aircraft.
She was in commission for 406 days of the Second World War.
She was scuttled on 19 November 1941, at 18°17′N 28°32′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
- 4 × 9-cylinder diesel motors
- Armament
- 6 × 15 cm SK L/45 C guns
- 2 × 3.7 cm PaK 36 anti-tank guns
- 5 × 2 cm FlaK 30 anti-aircraft guns
- 6 × torpedo tubes (2 twin deck mounts; 2 single, aft-angled submerged tubes)
- 24 × 53.3 cm torpedoes
- 360 EMC + 30 TMB naval mines
- Aircraft
- 2 × Arado 196 seaplanes
Sources
- Facts harvested from German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
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