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Karlsruhe |
Type: |
Cruiser |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Deutsche Werke Kiel, Germany |
Pennant Number: |
N/A |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Launched: |
August 20, 1927 |
Keel Laid: |
July 27, 1926 |
Commissioned: |
November 6, 1929 |
Fate: |
Torpedoed Apr. 9, 1940 during Operation Weserübung (Invasion of Norway) by
HMS Truant N-68 (Lt. Cdr. Christopher H. Hutchinson, R.N.), scuttled by German torpedo boat Grief same day. Location: Skagerrak, 45 miles southeast of Kristiansand, Norway. (57.55N-08.14E) 11 crewmen killed. |
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Page published Apr. 13, 2019 |