Category:Pinguin (ship, 1936, Bremen)
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Ship
[edit]- Type: Cargo ship, later auxiliary cruiser
- Built by: AG Weser Bremen
- Yard No: 917
- Keel laid:
- Launched: 1936.11.12
- Completed: 1936
- Length over all: 485.6 ft
- Beam: 61.3 ft
- GT: 7766
- DWT:
- Sister ships: Kybfels, Goldenfels
- www.warcovers.dk
- www.german-navy.de
- www.bismarck-class.dk
- www.wrecksite.eu
- plimsoll.southampton.gov.uk
History
[edit]- 1936 Named Kandelfels; Flag: Germany
- Call sign: DORW
- Port: Bremen
- Owner: Deutschen Dampfschiffahrts Gesselschaft Hansa
- 1939.09 Requisitioned by Germany Navy as auxiliary cruiser; began conversion
- 1940.02.06 Renamed Schiff 33 / HSK V Pinguin; Flag: Germany
- Known to Allies as Raider F
- 1941.05.08 Sunk near Seychelles by HMS Cornwall
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